Colloquium: Aligning molecules with strong laser pulses

H Stapelfeldt, T Seideman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2003 - APS
We review the theoretical and experimental status of intense laser alignment—a field at the
interface between intense laser physics and chemical dynamics with potential applications …

Orienting and aligning molecules for stereochemistry and photodynamics

V Aquilanti, M Bartolomei, F Pirani… - Physical Chemistry …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Production, characterization and control of polarization states of molecules (specifically,
alignment and/or orientation) are of importance for investigating in detail the stereodynamics …

Molecular Beam Scattering of Aligned Oxygen Molecules. The Nature of the Bond in the O2−O2 Dimer

V Aquilanti, D Ascenzi, M Bartolomei… - Journal of the …, 1999 - ACS Publications
Molecular beam experiments are reported for collisions between oxygen molecules. Total
integral cross sections have been measured as a function of the collision energy with the …

Experimental benchmarks and phenomenology of interatomic forces: open-shell and electronic anisotropy effects

F Pirani, GS Maciel, D Cappelletti… - International Reviews in …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This article gives a perspective view of some representative experimental information
available on interatomic forces. They play a role in gaseous properties, but modern …

Quantum Interference Scattering of Aligned Molecules: Bonding in and Role of Spin Coupling

V Aquilanti, D Ascenzi, M Bartolomei, D Cappelletti… - Physical review …, 1999 - APS
Molecular beam experiments on collisions between oxygen molecules were performed at
low energy and high angular resolution to permit observation of the “glory” interference …

Imaging chemical reactions–3D velocity mapping

AI Chichinin, KH Gericke, S Kauczok… - International Reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Visualising a collision between an atom or a molecule or a photodissociation (half-collision)
of a molecule on a single particle and single quantum level is like watching the collision of …

[PDF][PDF] Tales of Glory: The Birth of the Hydrogen Bond

D Cappelletti - Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2005 - ipc.iisc.ac.in
Presentazione di PowerPoint Page 1 Tales of Glory: The Birth of the Hydrogen Bond David
Cappelletti INFM & Università di Perugia Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 2356, 2005 Page 2 …

Magnetic Analysis of Supersonic Beams of Atomic Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Chlorine Generated from a Radio‐Frequency Discharge

M Alagia, V Aquilanti, D Ascenzi… - Israel journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Supersonic beams of oxygen, nitrogen, and chlorine atoms and of metastable oxygen and
nitrogen molecules produced from a high‐pressure radio‐frequency discharge beam source …

Interaction of rotationally aligned and of oriented molecules in gas phase and at surfaces

L Vattuone, L Savio, F Pirani, D Cappelletti… - Progress in Surface …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent developments concerning the generation of molecular beams containing
oriented/aligned molecules will be reviewed and applications of such tools to the study of …

Orientation of benzene in supersonic expansions, probed by IR-laser absorption and by molecular beam scattering

F Pirani, D Cappelletti, M Bartolomei, V Aquilanti… - Physical review …, 2001 - APS
This work represents the first experimental demonstration that planar molecules tend to
travel as a “frisbee” when a gaseous mixture with lighter carriers expands into a vacuum, the …