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Thomas SchultzThomas Schultz

The Schultz group investigates the composition, structure, and reactions of molecules with short-pulse laser spectroscopy. Time-resolved experiments reveal the nuclear and electronic motions that we usually hide with the chemical reaction arrow in chemical equations. A novel multi-pulse experiment (Correlated Rotational Alignment Spectroscopy, CRASY) correlates photochemical and photophysical reactions with molecular structure. The combined information reveals how changes in chemical bonding and non-covalent interactions affect chemical reaction pathways. Biochemical systems are studies to identify how a local biological environment controls the outcome of biochemical reactions. The CRASY experiments offer a fundamentally new tool to investigate heterogeneous (impure) samples. This is exploited for the investigation of tautomeric samples, molecular isotopologues, and instable molecular matter.

Max-Born Institute Berlin (Project Leader and Principal Investigator, 2003-2013)
Free University Berlin (Lecturer, 2011-2013)

‘Efficient Deactivation of a Model Base Pair via Excited-State Hydrogen Transfer’,
T. Schultz, E. Samoylova, W. Radloff, I.V. Hertel, A.L. Sobolewski, and W. Domcke, Science 306, 1765 (2004).
‘Excited-State Dynamics of Cytosine Tautomers’,
K. Kosma, Christian Schröter, Elena Samoylova, I. V. Hertel, and T. Schultz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 16939 (2009).
’Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of solvated electrons in aqueous NaI solution’,
A. Lübcke, F. Buchner, N. Heine, I.V. Hertel, and T. Schultz, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 14629 (2010).
‘CRASY: Correlated Rotational Alignment Spectroscopy’,
C. Schröter, K. Kosma, T. Schultz, Science 333, 1011 (2011).