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A state-of-the-art femtosecond laser system is used in conjunction with a high harmonics generation source and a monochromator to produce femtosecond laser pulses in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. These laser pulses are employed to track the ultrafast dynamics of molecules such as bond breaking and bond making, with time , mass-, and energy-resolution. The main goal of this research is to fully understand the molecular dynamics of photoinduced and photocatalytic reactions at solid surface and interfaces.
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