Multimode resonant X-ray scattering of free molecules

This thesis is focused on the role that nuclear dynamics plays in the formation of X-ray absorption (XAS) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra of multimode free molecules. A combined approach based on ab initio electronic structure methods and quantum nuclear wave packet dynamics is applied to two systems -- water and methanol in the gas phase. An IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy of vibrationally excited water and its isotope substitutions is employed to explore different vibrational progressions of the final electronic state due to a spatial filtration of the vibrations in the core-excited state and selection rules. It was demonstrated the possibility to use RIXS as a tool to study X-ray absorption from a selected vibrational level of the ground state. IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy applied to the HDO molecule sheds light on the old classical problem of wave function collapse: we demonstrate numerically the gradual collapse of the initially localised vibrational wave function in the HDO molecule. It is also explained the dynamical nature of the splitting of the 1b1 peak in the RIXS spectrum of H2O, HDO and D2O molecules. This splitting is referred to close-lying molecular and atomic-like peaks. In order to study the methanol molecule a special theoretical tool for studies of multimode molecules has been developed. This approach combines the advantages of the quantum wave packet technique for simulations of the dynamics in dissociative states with the efficiency of the Franck-Condon method for computing transitions between bound states. It is shown that the multimode nuclear dynamics plays an important role in XAS and RIXS spectra of methanol. The XAS and RIXS spectra formation was explained taking into account different dynamics in different core-excited potential energy surfaces, as well as the entanglement of vibrational modes by anharmonicity and by the life-time vibrational interference.QC 20180516</p

Multimode resonant X-ray scattering of free molecules

This thesis is focused on the role that nuclear dynamics plays in the formation of X-ray absorption (XAS) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra of multimode free molecules. A combined approach based on ab initio electronic structure methods and quantum nuclear wave packet dynamics is applied to two systems -- water and methanol in the gas phase. An IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy of vibrationally excited water and its isotope substitutions is employed to explore different vibrational progressions of the final electronic state due to a spatial filtration of the vibrations in the core-excited state and selection rules. It was demonstrated the possibility to use RIXS as a tool to study X-ray absorption from a selected vibrational level of the ground state. IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy applied to the HDO molecule sheds light on the old classical problem of wave function collapse: we demonstrate numerically the gradual collapse of the initially localised vibrational wave function in the HDO molecule. It is also explained the dynamical nature of the splitting of the 1b1 peak in the RIXS spectrum of H2O, HDO and D2O molecules. This splitting is referred to close-lying molecular and atomic-like peaks. In order to study the methanol molecule a special theoretical tool for studies of multimode molecules has been developed. This approach combines the advantages of the quantum wave packet technique for simulations of the dynamics in dissociative states with the efficiency of the Franck-Condon method for computing transitions between bound states. It is shown that the multimode nuclear dynamics plays an important role in XAS and RIXS spectra of methanol. The XAS and RIXS spectra formation was explained taking into account different dynamics in different core-excited potential energy surfaces, as well as the entanglement of vibrational modes by anharmonicity and by the life-time vibrational interference.QC 20180516</p

Multimode resonant X-ray scattering of free molecules

This thesis is focused on the role that nuclear dynamics plays in the formation of X-ray absorption (XAS) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra of multimode free molecules. A combined approach based on ab initio electronic structure methods and quantum nuclear wave packet dynamics is applied to two systems -- water and methanol in the gas phase. An IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy of vibrationally excited water and its isotope substitutions is employed to explore different vibrational progressions of the final electronic state due to a spatial filtration of the vibrations in the core-excited state and selection rules. It was demonstrated the possibility to use RIXS as a tool to study X-ray absorption from a selected vibrational level of the ground state. IR-pump – X-ray-probe spectroscopy applied to the HDO molecule sheds light on the old classical problem of wave function collapse: we demonstrate numerically the gradual collapse of the initially localised vibrational wave function in the HDO molecule. It is also explained the dynamical nature of the splitting of the 1b1 peak in the RIXS spectrum of H2O, HDO and D2O molecules. This splitting is referred to close-lying molecular and atomic-like peaks. In order to study the methanol molecule a special theoretical tool for studies of multimode molecules has been developed. This approach combines the advantages of the quantum wave packet technique for simulations of the dynamics in dissociative states with the efficiency of the Franck-Condon method for computing transitions between bound states. It is shown that the multimode nuclear dynamics plays an important role in XAS and RIXS spectra of methanol. The XAS and RIXS spectra formation was explained taking into account different dynamics in different core-excited potential energy surfaces, as well as the entanglement of vibrational modes by anharmonicity and by the life-time vibrational interference.QC 20180516</p

Characterization of the various forms of the Reelin protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of normal subjects and in neurological diseases.

Reelin is a large extracellular glycoprotein that is defective in reeler mutant mice and plays a well-established role during brain development in human as well as rodents. In the adult brain, Reelin is expressed in a subset of GABAergic interneurons. Its role in disease states is not clearly defined, although it is implicated in autism and psychoses such as schizophrenia. In this report, we show that Reelin immunoreactive proteins can be detected in the human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with monoclonal antibodies directed against the N- and C-terminal regions of the protein. In CSF, Reelin is present as different products due to processing at two main sites; preservation at -20 degrees C increases processing further. CSF Reelin originates from the brain tissue and not from plasma. The protein was detected in comparable concentrations in children and adults, and the signal varied largely from subject to subject with no obvious correlation with age or neurological disease state

Strong Topological States and High Charge Carrier Mobility in Tetraoxa[8]circulene Nanosheets

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The central fragment of Reelin, generated by proteolytic processing in vivo, is critical to its function during cortical plate development.

Reelin is a large extracellular protein that controls cortical development. It binds to lipoprotein receptors very-low-density lipoprotein receptor and apolipoprotein-E receptor type 2, thereby inducing phosphorylation of the adapter Dab1. In vivo, Reelin is cleaved into three fragments, but their respective function is unknown. Here we show the following: (1) the central fragment is necessary and sufficient for receptor binding in vitro and for Dab1 phosphorylation in neuronal cultures; (2) Reelin does not bind the protocadherin cadherin-related neuronal receptor (CNR1) as reported previously; (3) Reelin and its central fragment are equally able to rescue the reeler phenotype in a slice culture assay; and (4) anti-receptor antibodies can induce Dab1 phosphorylation but do not correct the reeler phenotype in slices. These observations show that the function of Reelin is critically dependent on the central fragment generated by processing but primarily independent of interactions with CNR1 and on the N-terminal region. They also indicate that events acting in parallel to Dab1 phosphorylation might be required for full activity

Nonlocal resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

In the description of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) from inversion-symmetric molecules the small core-level splitting is typically neglected. However, the spacing Delta between gerade and ungerade core levels in homonuclear diatomic molecules can be comparable with the lifetime broadening of the intermediate core-excited state Gamma. We show that when Delta similar to Gamma the scattering becomes nonlocal in the sense that x-ray absorption at one atomic site is followed by emission at the other one. This is manifested in an unusual dependence of the RIXS cross section on the sum of the momenta of incoming and outgoing x-ray photons k + k', contrary to the normal k - k' dependence in the conventional local RIXS theory. The nonlocality of the scattering influences strongly the scattering angle and excitation energy dependence of the intensity ratio between parity forbidden and allowed RIXS channels. Numerical simulations for N-2 show that this effect can readily be measured at present-day x-ray radiation facilities

The reelin signaling pathway: some recent developments.

The Reelin signaling pathway plays a key role in the architectonic development of the central nervous system. Extracellular Reelin binds to receptors of the lipoprotein receptor family and induces tyrosine phosphorylation of the adaptor Dab1. In this paper, we discuss three recent developments. First, we show that the central part of Reelin is involved in receptor binding and signal activation as reflected in Dab1 phosphorylation. Second, we examine the genomic organization, alternative splicing and promoter use of the Dab1 gene, which hint at a particularly complex regulation. Third, we present preliminary studies by in situ hybridization that demonstrate regulated expression of Reelin receptors and Dab1 by radial precursors in the ventricular zone

Anomalous polarization dependence in vibrationally resolved resonant inelastic X-ray scattering of H2O

It is well established that different electronic channels, in resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS), display different polarization dependences due to different orientations of their corresponding transition dipole moments in the molecular frame. However, this effect does not influence the vibrational progression in the Franck-Condon approximation. We have found that the transition dipole moments of core excitation and deexcitation experience ultrafast rotation during dissociation in the intermediate core-excited state. This rotation makes the vibrational progression in RIXS sensitive to the polarization of the x-ray photons.We study the water molecule, in which the effect is expressed in RIXS through the dissociative core-excited state where the vibrational scattering anisotropy is accompanied also by violation of parity selection rules for the vibrations

Simulating fluorine K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering of sulfur hexafluoride and the effect of dissociative dynamics

We report on a computational study of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS), at different fluorine K-edge resonances of the SF6 molecule, and corresponding nonresonant x-ray emission. Previously measured polarization dependence in RIXS is reproduced and traced back to the local σ and π symmetry of the molecular orbitals and corresponding states involved in the RIXS process. Also electron-hole coupling energies are calculated and related to experimentally observed spectator shifts. The role of dissociative S-F bond dynamics is explored to model detuning of RIXS spectra at the |F1s−16a11g⟩ resonance, which shows challenges to accurately reproduce the required steepness for core-excited potential energy surface. We show that the RIXS spectra can only be properly described by considering breaking of the global inversion symmetry of the electronic wave function and core-hole localization, induced by vibronic coupling. Due to the core-hole localization we have symmetry forbidden transitions, which lead to additional resonances and changing width of the RIXS profile