Hybrid systems of laser-cooled trapped ions and ultracold atoms combined in a single
experimental setup have recently emerged as a new platform for fundamental research in …

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 …

Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of
molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The …

Water is one of the most fundamental molecules in chemistry, biology and astrophysics. It
exists as two distinct nuclear-spin isomers, para-and ortho-water, which do not interconvert …

The orientation of molecules is crucial in many chemical processes. Here, we report how
single dipolar molecules can be oriented with maximum precision using the electric field of a …

Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) distort carbohydrate ring geometry along particular “catalytic
itineraries” during the cleavage of glycosidic bonds, illustrating the relationship between …

The understanding of molecular structure and function is at the very heart of the chemical
and molecular sciences. Experiments that allow for the creation of structurally pure samples …

Conformational isomers (conformers) of molecules play a decisive role in biology and
organic chemistry. However, experimental methods for investigating chemical reaction …

The prospect of studying state-to-state chemical reaction dynamics, with full control over all
of the reaction parameters, is becoming a reality for a small number of systems. Thanks to …

Biomolecules function by adopting multiple conformations. Such dynamics are governed by
the conformation landscape whose study requires characterization of the ground and …