Why Are Pump Probe Methods Important in Catalysis?
Catalytic reactions often involve complex, multi-step processes with fleeting intermediates and transient states. Traditional techniques may not provide sufficient temporal resolution to capture these short-lived species. Pump probe methods offer the necessary time resolution, often on the order of femtoseconds (10^-15 seconds), to study these rapid processes. This allows researchers to gain deeper insights into reaction mechanisms, identify rate-determining steps, and design more efficient catalysts.
