Cold molecules: Progress in quantum engineering of chemistry and quantum matter

JL Bohn, AM Rey, J Ye - Science, 2017 - science.org
Cooling atoms to ultralow temperatures has produced a wealth of opportunities in
fundamental physics, precision metrology, and quantum science. The more recent …

The buffer gas beam: An intense, cold, and slow source for atoms and molecules

NR Hutzler, HI Lu, JM Doyle - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Beams of atoms and molecules are stalwart tools for spectroscopy and
studies of collisional processes. 1− 4 The supersonic expansion technique can create cold …

Resonant collisional shielding of reactive molecules using electric fields

K Matsuda, L De Marco, JR Li, WG Tobias, G Valtolina… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Full control of molecular interactions, including reactive losses, would open new frontiers in
quantum science. We demonstrate extreme tunability of ultracold chemical reaction rates by …

Perspective: Ultracold molecules and the dawn of cold controlled chemistry

N Balakrishnan - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of
molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The …

Manipulation and control of molecular beams

SYT van de Meerakker, HL Bethlem… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The motion of neutral molecules in a beam can be manipulated and controlled with
inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields. Static fields can be used to deflect or focus …

Controlling the quantum stereodynamics of ultracold bimolecular reactions

MHG De Miranda, A Chotia, B Neyenhuis, D Wang… - Nature Physics, 2011 - nature.com
Molecular collisions in the quantum regime represent a new opportunity to explore chemical
reactions. Recently, atom-exchangereactions were observed in a trapped ultracold gas of …

Observation of resonances in Penning ionization reactions at sub-kelvin temperatures in merged beams

AB Henson, S Gersten, Y Shagam, J Narevicius… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Experiments have lagged theory in exploring chemical interactions at temperatures so low
that translational degrees of freedom can no longer be treated classically. The difficulty has …

Manipulation of molecules with electromagnetic fields

M Lemeshko, RV Krems, JM Doyle, S Kais - Molecular Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of the present article is to review the major developments that have led to the
current understanding of molecule–field interactions and experimental methods for …

Experimental progress in positronium laser physics

DB Cassidy - The European Physical Journal D, 2018 - Springer
The field of experimental positronium physics has advanced significantly in the last few
decades, with new areas of research driven by the development of techniques for trapping …

Quantum state–resolved molecular dipolar collisions over four decades of energy

G Tang, M Besemer, S Kuijpers, GC Groenenboom… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Collisions between cold polar molecules represent a fascinating research frontier but have
proven hard to probe experimentally. We report measurements of inelastic cross sections for …