Femtochemistry and Femtobiology (ULTRA)

Summary

Chemistry and biology can be subdivided into two main categories: structure and dynamics. By structure we mean the time-independent information about the state of a system in some form of equilibrium. Dynamics - how systems move between apparently equilibrated structures, changing their chemical composition and performing biological functions on the way - is often classified according to time scale. The focus of this Programme is on the ultrafast time scale on which energy, charge and atoms move in the course of reactions. More

Duration

4 years, from 2000 to 2003.