Natalia E. Powers-Riggs

Electronic and solvent reorganization in proton-coupled electron transfer captured by ultrafast X-rays

Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) is foundational to catalysis, bioenergetics, and energy conversion, yet directly observing the interplay between electronic redistribution, protonation, and solvent reorganization remains challenging. We combine femtosecond optical spectroscopy, ultrafast N K-edge X-ray absorptio...