Quantum control of molecular rotation

CP Koch, M Lemeshko, D Sugny - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
The angular momentum of molecules, or, equivalently, their rotation in three-dimensional
space, is ideally suited for quantum control. Molecular angular momentum is naturally …

Ectopic colonization of oral bacteria in the intestine drives TH1 cell induction and inflammation

K Atarashi, W Suda, C Luo, T Kawaguchi, I Motoo… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Intestinal colonization by bacteria of oral origin has been correlated with several negative
health outcomes, including inflammatory bowel disease. However, a causal role of oral …

Quantum stereodynamics of cold molecular collisions

N Balakrishnan, PG Jambrina, JFE Croft… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Advances in quantum state preparations combined with molecular cooling and trapping
technologies have enabled unprecedented control of molecular collision dynamics. This …

Quantum control of molecular collisions at 1 kelvin

WE Perreault, N Mukherjee, RN Zare - Science, 2017 - science.org
Measurement of vector correlations in molecular scattering is an indispensable tool for
mapping out interaction potentials. In a coexpanded supersonic beam, we have studied the …

Stereodynamical control of the H + HD → H2 + D reaction through HD reagent alignment

Y Wang, J Huang, W Wang, T Du, Y Xie, Y Ma, C Xiao… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Prealigning nonpolar reacting molecules leads to large stereodynamical effects because of
their weak steering interaction en route to the reaction barrier. However, experimental …

Cold quantum-controlled rotationally inelastic scattering of HD with H2 and D2 reveals collisional partner reorientation

WE Perreault, N Mukherjee, RN Zare - Nature chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Molecular interactions are best probed by scattering experiments. Interpretation of these
studies has been limited by lack of control over the quantum states of the incoming collision …

Quantum-state-controlled channel branching in cold Ne(3P2)+Ar chemi-ionization

SDS Gordon, JJ Omiste, J Zou, S Tanteri, P Brumer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A prerequisite to gain a complete understanding of the most basic aspects of chemical
reactions is the ability to perform experiments with complete control over the reactant …

Anisotropic dynamics of resonant scattering between a pair of cold aligned diatoms

H Zhou, WE Perreault, N Mukherjee, RN Zare - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The collision dynamics between a pair of aligned molecules in the presence of a partial-
wave resonance provide the most sensitive probe of the long-range anisotropic forces …

Stereodynamical control of cold collisions of polyatomic molecules with atoms

D Yang, D Xie, H Guo - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Scattering between atomic and/or molecular species can be controlled by manipulating the
orientation or alignment of the collision partners. Such stereodynamics is particularly …

Imaging quantum stereodynamics through Fraunhofer scattering of NO radicals with rare-gas atoms

J Onvlee, SDS Gordon, SN Vogels, T Auth, T Karman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Stereodynamics describes how the vector properties of molecules, such as the directions in
which they move and the axes about which they rotate, affect the probabilities (or cross …