Stopping molecular rotation using coherent ultra-low-energy magnetic manipulations

Manipulating the rotational motions of molecules may provide a tool for controlling chemical processes. Here the authors demonstrate that the rotation of a D2 molecule can be stopped, upon collision with a metal surface, by a magnetic field that affects the rotational levels to a much smaller extent...

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Main Authors: Helen Chadwick, Mark F. Somers, Aisling C. Stewart, Yosef Alkoby, Thomas J. D. Carter, Dagmar Butkovicova, Gil Alexandrowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29830-3