Attosecond Science Group cfel-atto

08/03/2022

Celebrating Women in Chemistry

13/01/2022

An international research team led by Markus Gühr’s group at the University of Potsdam performed laser experiments at DESY's free-electron laser FLASH to monitor charge motions in light-excited molecules of thiouracil, which is a modified nucleobase. This class of molecules has a variety of medic...

13/01/2022

The CFEL-ATTO group was part of an international team working at FLASH (free electron laser in Hamburg) to study the nucleobase thiouracil. The work was led by Prof. Markus Gühr from the University of Potsdam and the results are published in Nature Communications.
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Imaging the charge flow in photoexcited molecules would provide key information on photophysical and photochemical processes. Here the authors demonstrate tracking in real time after photoexcitation the change in charge density at a specific site of 2-thiouracil using time-resolved X-ray photoelectr...

20/09/2021

14/07/2021

Meet the CFEL-ATTO group!

14/07/2021

There was a hat delivery pending for quite some time and it finally happened! Congrats Vincent Wanie

18/06/2021

More than 45 institutions from Europe and across the globe have joined in an initiative for a new research centre at DESY, unveiling the many secrets of a very common substance: water. Today, after three years of intense discussion and planning, the initiative has published a White Paper which describes the aims and tasks of the new Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS). https://www.desy.de/news/news_search/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=2092

Mehr als 45 Institutionen aus Europa und weltweit haben sich zu einer Initiative für ein neues Forschungszentrum bei DESY zusammengeschlossen, um die vielen Geheimnisse eines sehr alltäglichen Stoffes zu lüften: Wasser. Nach drei Jahren intensiver Diskussion und Vorbereitung hat die Initiative heute ein White Paper (Weißbuch) veröffentlicht, das die Ziele und Aufgaben des neuen Zentrums für Molekulare Wasserforschung (Centre for Molecular Water Science, CMWS) beschreibt. https://www.desy.de/aktuelles/news_suche/index_ger.html?openDirectAnchor=2092

21/05/2021

Ultrafast lasers can protect a DNA building block from light-induced dissociation: https://www.desy.de/news/news_search/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=2075

Ultraschnelle Laser schützen DNA-Baustein vor lichtausgelöstem Zerfall: https://www.desy.de/aktuelles/news_suche/index_ger.html?openDirectAnchor=2075

20/05/2021

Here you can find our last work on "Real-time observation of a correlation-driven sub 3 fs charge migration in ionised adenine"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-021-00510-5

20/05/2021

News on our last work: attosecond science in a DNA building block!

An international research team led by DESY researcher Francesca Calegari and with the key participation of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) has demonstrated that ultrashort laser pulses can be used to protect one of the DNA building blocks against destruction....

25/03/2021

We are excited to announce our next online event: a roundtable with 4 inspiring Women from Industry and Academia!

-> 14 April, 16.30 CEST