Professor Munira Khalil

Professor Munira Khalil
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington

Capturing Coupled Electronic and Atomic Motions During Ultrafast Proton Transfer

In this talk I will describe different experiments probing ultrafast proton transfer in 10-hydroxybenzo[h] quinoline (HBQ), a prototypical excited-state intramolecular proton transfer system. I will describe how multidimensional vibrational-electronic spectroscopy resolves mode-specific vibronic coupling from pre- excitation of the hydrogen bond stretch. Next, I will detail the use of electronic-vibrational spectroscopy to directly observe the vibronic motions driving the non- adiabatic proton transfer in HBQ. Lastly, I will describe the use of femtosecond resonant inelastic X-ray scattering to directly measure the coupled core and valence electronic motions following proton transfer at the proton donor and acceptor sites in HBQ.

Munira Khalil

Munira Khalil is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. She earned her PhD from MIT and was a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Professor Khalil’s research seeks to develop a molecular-level understanding of how electronic, vibrational, and solvent dynamics govern charge and energy transfer in molecules and materials.

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