Recent developments of ultrashort intense light sources operating in the XUV and X-ray spectral regions promise to revolutionize chemistry, as they will give access to dynamical processes occurring in the attosecond time scale (1 asec = 10-18 s), the natural time scale for electronic motion in atoms and molecules. Thus, such light sources will allow to address new fundamental questions about the role and possible control of electron dynamics in chemical reactivity, to investigate photoinduced charge migration in relevant molecular systems, and to image, with asec resolution, fast structural changes in molecules during proton transfer, isomerization, or motion through conical intersections. Large-scale facilities are currently being developed all over Europe for this purpose (ELI-ALPS, EuXFEL, FERMI, SwissFEL, etc), accompanied by an increasing demand of accurate theoretical support for an optimal use of these resources.

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The AttoChem network will coordinate experimental and theoretical efforts to exploit the large potential of attosecond techniques in chemistry, with the aim of designing new strategies for the control of charge migration in molecules by directly acting on the attosecond time scale. This ability will be used to selectively break and form chemical bonds, thus opening new avenues for the control of chemical reactions. The results of the Action are expected to have a significant impact in several areas of chemistry, such as photovoltaics, radiation damage, catalysis, photochemistry, or structural determination. AttoChem will also act as a liaison with the relevant stakeholders to bridge the gap to industrial applications.

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COST/ZCAM School Attosecond Molecular Processes – registration deadline approaching

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Frontiers of Knowledge 2023 Award to attosecond science

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  • On 24 February 2023

X-lites Early Career Working Group Gathering

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  • On 9 February 2023

ZCAM School on “Ultrafast phenomena in Chemistry: Laser-matter interactions at the femto- and attosecond time scales”

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  • On 9 February 2023

COST/ZCAM School on New Computational Methods for Attosecond Molecular Processes

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  • On 9 February 2023

Deadline for contributions for CPC special Issue extended

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  • On 1 February 2023

ERC Starting Grant success amongst COST participants

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AttoChem Participants

Experimentalists, theoreticians and engineers welcome to join this multidisciplinary network in the emerging field of Attosecond Science.

AttoChem Activitites

Next activities:
Erice School, 26-31/03/2023
Theoretical School, 29/05-02/06/2023
2nd YSS, Vienna (AT), 13-15/09/2023
– Annual Workshop (HU), 18-20/09/2023

Publications

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International Cooperation

AttoChem has joined the Extreme Light in Intensity, Time, and Space (X-lites) collaboration initiative. Keep posted with its Flyer | Newsletter | Slack Channel.

WG 1

New attosecond techniques for the control of electron dynamics in molecules.

WG 2

Computational tools for the description of attosecond electron and nuclear dynamics.

WG 3

Attosecond imaging and control of charge migration and chemical reactivity.

AttoChem Events

march 2023

26marAll Day312023 Attosecond SchoolThe Frontiers of Attosecond and Ultrafast X-ray Science

april 2023

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Other Events

march 2023

10mar15:0016:00Atto Friday seminar seriesSeminar on "Probing Attosecond Electron Dynamics with X-ray Free Electron Lasers" - Friday 10/03/2023

21mar12:0013:00Imaging electronic and atomic motion in moleculesDr. Manish Garg (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)

april 2023

19apr10:0011:30X-lites Early Career Working Group Gathering