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Light absorption results in a momentarily weaker chemical bond
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Light absorption frequently promotes molecules to excited states that undergo charge transfer or structural reorganization, resulting in the temporary weakening of specific chemical or hydrogen bonds.

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The birth and evolution of solvated electrons in the water.
2023 · cited by 0
The study observes that photoionization and charge separation weaken the hydrogen bond network in the hydration shells of solvated electrons.
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Multiple theoretical and spectroscopic studies (e.g., transient absorption spectroscopy, DFT calculations) consistently show that photoexcitation and photoinduced charge transfer lead to the transient weakening of chemical and hydrogen bonds in various systems, supporting the claim.

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Solution-phase vertical growth of aligned NiCo2O4 nanosheet arrays on Au nanosheets with weakened oxygen-hydrogen bonds for photocatalytic oxygen evolution.
2020 · cited by 0
Density functional theory and transient absorption spectroscopy demonstrate that heterojunction formation weakens the H-O bond of water upon photoinduced charge transfer.
Electrochemical Hole Injection Selectively Expels Iodide from Mixed Halide Perovskite Films.
2019 · cited by 0
Research shows that hole trapping at iodide sites in mixed halide perovskites weakens the Pb-I bond and leads to halide expulsion.
A DFT/TDDFT study on the excited-state hydrogen bonding dynamics of 6-aminocoumarin in water solution.
2013 · cited by 0
Investigation into 6-aminocoumarin demonstrates that photoinduced charge transfer significantly weakens specific hydrogen bonds in excited states.
The effect of moisture on the structures and properties of lead halide perovskites: a first-principles theoretical investigation.
2016 · cited by 0
First-principles calculations reveal that electronic excitation in lead halide perovskites weakens metal-halide bonds by up to 20% in the excited state.
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