Marcel Drabbels
Senior Scientist
marcel.drabbels@epfl.ch +41 21 693 30 22 http://lnd.epfl.ch/drabbels
EPFL SB ISIC LND
CH G0 613 (Bâtiment CH)
Station 6
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://lnd.epfl.ch
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Biography
Dr. Marcel Drabbels, studied experimental physics at the University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and in 1993 obtained his Ph.D. at that same university. He then moved to the University of California at Santa Barbara where he studied the dynamics of highly vibrationally excited molecules and developed a new detection technique to study the photodissociation of molecules. When he returned to the Netherlands in 1996 he joined the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam. There he worked on the development of new types of infrared imaging and streak cameras. In 1997 Dr. Drabbels was awarded a fellowship of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and he moved to the Free University of Amsterdam. There he studied the collision dynamics of molecules and initiated photodissociation experiments using ultrafast lasers. As of 1. October 1998 he is appointed as MER at the Chemistry department of the EPFL. Here he studies the spectroscopy and dynamics of nanoscale systems.Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
A. Wituschek; L. Bruder; E. Allaria; U. Bangert; M. Binz et al. : Tracking attosecond electronic coherences using phase-manipulated extreme ultraviolet pulses; Nature Communications. 2020-02-14. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-020-14721-2.
P. K. Olshin; J. M. Voss; M. Drabbels; U. J. Lorenz : Real-time observation of jumping and spinning nanodroplets; Structural Dynamics. 2020-01-14. DOI : 10.1063/1.5135699.
M. Mudrich; A. C. LaForge; A. Ciavardini; P. O’Keeffe; C. Callegari et al. : Ultrafast relaxation of photoexcited superfluid He nanodroplets; Nature Communications. 2020-01-08. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-13681-6.
J. M. Voss; P. K. Olshin; R. Charbonnier; M. Drabbels; U. J. Lorenz : In Situ Observation of Coulomb Fission of Individual Plasmonic Nanoparticles; ACS Nano. 2019-09-19. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.9b06664.
A. LaForge; R. Michiels; M. Bohlen; C. Callegari; A. Clark et al. : Real-Time Dynamics of the Formation of Hydrated Electrons upon Irradiation of Water Clusters with Extreme Ultraviolet Light; Physical Review Letters. 2019-04-04. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.133001.
B. Langbehn; K. Sander; Y. Ovcharenko; C. Peltz; A. Clark et al. : Three-Dimensional Shapes of Spinning Helium Nanodroplets; Physical Review Letters. 2018-12-17. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.255301.
P. Vindel Zandbergen; M. Barranco; F. Cargnoni; M. Drabbels; M. Pi et al. : Helium-induced electronic transitions in photo-excited Ba+–Hen exciplexes; The Journal of Chemical Physics. 2018-04-14. DOI : 10.1063/1.5022863.
C. A. Arrell; J. Ojeda; L. Longetti; A. Crepaldi; S. Roth et al. : Harmonium: An Ultrafast Vacuum Ultraviolet Facility; Chimia. 2017. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.268.
A. Leal; X. Zhang; M. Barranco; F. Cargnoni; A. Hernando de Castro et al. : Dynamics of photoexcited Ba+ cations in 4He nanodroplets; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4942850.
R. Katzy; A. LaForge; Y. Ovcharenko; M. Coreno; M. Devetta et al. : Migration of surface excitations in highly-excited nanosystems probed by intense resonant XUV radiation; Journal of Physics B : atomic and molecular physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0953-4075/48/24/244011.
E. Loginov; A. Hernando de Castro; J. A. Beswick; N. Halberstadt; M. Drabbels : Excitation of Sodium Atoms Attached to Helium Nanodroplets: The 3p <-- 3s Transition Revisited; Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/jp511885t.
C. Svetina; C. Grazioli; M. Alagia; L. Avaldi; G. Cautero et al. : The Low Density Matter (LDM) beamline of FERMI: optical layout and first commissioning; Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2015. DOI : 10.1107/S1600577515005743.
A. Leal; D. Mateo; A. Hernando de Castro; M. Pi; M. Barranco et al. : Picosecond solvation dynamics of alkali cations in superfluid 4He nanodroplets; Physical Review B. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.1416492.
X. Zhang; M. Drabbels : Elementary Excitations of Superfluid Helium Droplets Probed by Ion Spectroscopy; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/jz501530e.
D. Mateo; A. Leal; A. Hernando; M. Barranco; M. Pi et al. : Nucleation of quantized vortex rings in 4He nanodroplets; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4870245.
E. Loginov; M. Drabbels : Dynamics of Excited Sodium Atoms Attached to Helium Nanodroplets; Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/jp4121996.
Y. Ovcharenko; V. Lyamayev; R. Katzy; M. Devetta; A. LaForge et al. : A Novel Collective Autoionization Process Observed in Electron Spectra of He Clusters; Physical Review Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.073401.
A. LaForge; M. Drabbels; N. B. Brauer; M. Coreno; M. Di Fraia et al. : Collective Autoionization in Multiply-Excited Systems: A novel ionization process observed in Helium Nanodroplets; Nature Scientific Reports. 2014. DOI : 10.1038/srep03621.
N. B. Brauer; S. Smolarek; E. Loginov; D. Matéo; A. Hernando de Castro et al. : Critical Landau velocity in helium nanodroplets; Physical Review Letters. 2013. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.153002.
D. Mateo; A. Hernando de Castro; M. Barranco; E. Loginov; M. Drabbels et al. : Translational dynamics of photoexcited atoms in 4He nanodroplets: the case of silver; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2013. DOI : 10.1039/C3CP52221K.
D. Buchta; S. R. Krishnan; N. B. Brauer; M. Drabbels; P. O'Keeffe et al. : EUV ionization of pure He nanodroplets: Mass-correlated photoelectron imaging, Penning ionization and electron energy-loss spectra; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4818531.
D. Buchta; S. R. Krishnan; N. B. Brauer; M. Drabbels; P. O'Keeffe et al. : Charge transfer and Penning ionization of dopants in or on helium nanodroplets exposed to EUV radiation; Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/jp401424w.
V. Lyamayev; Y. Ovcharenko; R. Katzy; M. Devetta; L. Bruder et al. : A modular end-station for atomic, molecular, and cluster science at the Low Density Matter beamline of FERMI@Elettra; Journal of Physics B : atomic and molecular physics. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0953-4075/46/16/164007.
X. Zhang; M. Drabbels : Barium Ions and Helium Nanodroplets: Solvation and Desolvation; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4743900.
E. Loginov; M. Drabbels : Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Barium-doped Helium Nanodroplets; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.3701565.
A. Hernando; M. Barranco; M. Pi; E. Loginov; M. Langlet et al. : Desorption of alkali atoms from 4He nanodroplets; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/C2CP23526A.
X. Zhang; N. B. Brauer; G. Berden; A. Rijs; M. Drabbels : Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in Helium Nanodroplets; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.3678011.
N. B. Brauer; S. Smolarek; X. Zhang; W. J. Buma; M. Drabbels : Electronic Spectroscopy of Aniline Ions Embedded in Helium Nanodroplets; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2011. DOI : 10.1021/jz200632s.
E. Loginov; M. Drabbels : Unusual Rydberg System Consisting of a Positively Charged Helium Nanodroplet with an Orbiting Electron; Physical Review Letters. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.083401.
E. Loginov; C. Callegari; F. Ancilotto; M. Drabbels : Spectroscopy on Rydberg states of sodium atoms on the surface of helium nanodroplets; Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2011. DOI : 10.1021/jp111146n.
S. Smolarek; N. B. Brauer; W. J. Buma; M. Drabbels : IR spectroscopy of molecular ions by nonthermal ion ejection from helium nanodroplets; Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/ja1034655.
S. Smolarek; A. M. Rijs; W. J. Buma; M. Drabbels : Absorption spectroscopy of adenine, 9-methyladenine, and 2-aminopurine in helium nanodroplets; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2010. DOI : 10.1039/C0CP00746C.
S. Smolarek; A. Vdovin; D. Perrier; J. Smit; M. Drabbels et al. : High-resolution excitation and absorption spectroscopy of gas-phase p-coumaric acid: unveiling an elusive chromophore; Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/ja101668v.
S. Smolarek; A. M. Rijs; J. S. Hannam; D. A. Leigh; M. Drabbels et al. : Conformational flexibility of a rotaxane thread probed by electronic spectroscopy in helium nanodroplets; Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/ja905973v.
E. Loginov; A. Braun; M. Drabbels : A New Sensitive Detection Scheme for Helium Nanodroplet Isolation Spectroscopy: Application to Benzene; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2008. DOI : 10.1039/b808211a.
A. Braun; M. Drabbels : Photodissociation of Alkyl Iodides in Helium Nanodroplets III: Recombination; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2007. DOI : 10.1063/1.2767263.
A. Braun; M. Drabbels : Photodissociation of Alkyl Iodides in Helium Nanodroplets II: Solvation Dynamics; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2007. DOI : 10.1063/1.2767262.
A. Braun; M. Drabbels : Photodissociation of Alkyl Iodides in Helium Nanodroplets I: Kinetic Energy Transfer; Journal of Chemical Physics. 2007. DOI : 10.1063/1.2767261.
E. Loginov; M. Drabbels : Excited State Dynamics of Ag Atoms in Helium Nanodroplets; Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2007. DOI : 10.1021/jp0716278.
A. Braun; M. Drabbels : A Simple Procedure to Extract Speed Distributions from Ion Images with a Large Background Contribution; Review of Scientific Instruments. 2005.
E. Loginov; D. Rossi; M. Drabbels : Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Doped Helium Droplets; Physical Review Letters. 2005. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.163401.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering