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 …

Solids, liquids, and gases under high pressure

HK Mao, XJ Chen, Y Ding, B Li, L Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Pressure has long been recognized as a fundamental thermodynamic variable but its
application was previously limited by the available pressure vessels and probes. The …

Observation of the geometric phase effect in the H + HD → H2 + D reaction

D Yuan, Y Guan, W Chen, H Zhao, S Yu, C Luo, Y Tan… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Theory has established the importance of geometric phase (GP) effects in the adiabatic
dynamics of molecular systems with a conical intersection connecting the ground-and …

Imaging of the charge-transfer reaction of spin–orbit state-selected Ar+(2P3/2) with N2 reveals vibrational-state-specific mechanisms

G Zhang, D Lu, Y Ding, L Guan, S Han, H Guo… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Charge-transfer reactions are ubiquitous and play important roles in various gaseous
environments, but, despite a long history of extensive research, our understanding of their …

Toward real-time charged-particle image reconstruction using polar onion-peeling

GM Roberts, JL Nixon, J Lecointre, E Wrede… - Review of Scientific …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
A method to reconstruct full three-dimensional photofragment distributions from their two-
dimensional (2D) projection onto a detection plane is presented, for processes in which the …

Imaging the dynamics of gas phase reactions

MNR Ashfold, NH Nahler, AJ Orr-Ewing… - Physical Chemistry …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Ion imaging methods are making ever greater impact on studies of gas phase molecular
reaction dynamics. This article traces the evolution of the technique, highlights some of the …

Detecting chirality in molecules by imaging photoelectron circular dichroism

MHM Janssen, I Powis - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Perspective we discuss photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD), a relatively novel
technique that can detect chiral molecules with high sensitivity. PECD has an enantiomeric …

Do Vibrational Excitations of CHD3 Preferentially Promote Reactivity Toward the Chlorine Atom?

S Yan, YT Wu, B Zhang, XF Yue, K Liu - Science, 2007 - science.org
The influence of vibrational excitation on chemical reaction dynamics is well understood in
triatomic reactions, but the multiple modes in larger systems complicate efforts toward the …

CH Stretching Excitation in the Early Barrier F + CHD3 Reaction Inhibits CH Bond Cleavage

W Zhang, H Kawamata, K Liu - Science, 2009 - science.org
Most studies of the impact of vibrational excitation on molecular reactivity have focused on
reactions with a late barrier (that is, a transition state resembling the products). For an early …

State-Specific Correlation of Coincident Product Pairs in the F + CD4 Reaction

JJ Lin, J Zhou, W Shiu, K Liu - Science, 2003 - science.org
When a chemical reaction forms two molecular products, even if the state-resolved
differential cross section (DCS) for each product is obtained individually, the coincident …