Contact
Lev Chuntonov
Faculty
Quantum area: Quantum sensing
Chemistry Faculty
Education
2012 - 2014 Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
2009 - 2012 Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science
2009 PhD, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
2004 BA, Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Our main methodology is the state-of-the-art two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy (2D-IR) where we impulsively excite selected vibrational modes of the molecule and track their ultrafast relaxation into different vibrational modes, into the modes of an interacting partner molecule, and dissipation into the solvent.
Spreading the spectral information in two dimensions allows to reveal the correlations between molecular motions, and to resolve congested spectra arising from multiple molecular conformations.
At the same time, the instrument response of our 2D-IR apparatus is fast enough to resolve different relaxation dynamics of these conformations and their inter-conversion kinetics. Figures below schematically summarize how the four-pulse 2D-IR experiments are conducted.
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