The prospect of cooling matter down to temperatures that are close to absolute zero raises
intriguing questions about how chemical reactivity changes under these extreme conditions …

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 …

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 …

We report on a study of cold reactive collisions between sympathetically cooled molecular
ions and laser-cooled atoms in an ion-atom hybrid trap. Chemical reactions were studied at …

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of cold reactive collisions
between laser-cooled Ca+ ions and Rb atoms in an ion-atom hybrid trap. We observe rich …

Since Arrhenius first proposed an equation to account for the behavior of thermally activated
reactions in 1889, significant progress has been made in our understanding of chemical …

Translationally cold, spatially localised molecular ions prepared by sympathetic cooling with
laser-cooled atomic ions in ion traps have recently found a wide range of applications in …

Studies of ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures are difficult because stray electric
fields in the reaction volume affect the kinetic energy of charged reaction partners. We …

Over the past decade, and particularly the past five years, a quiet revolution has been
building at the border between atomic physics and experimental quantum chemistry. The …

Isotopic substitution has long been used to understand the detailed mechanisms of chemical
reactions; normally the substitution of hydrogen by deuterium leads to a slower reaction …