Using a new method, physicists have investigated the ultrafast fragmentation of hydrogen molecules in intense laser fields in detail. They used the rotation of the molecule triggered by a laser pulse ...

The quantum nature of hydrogen bonds in water manifests itself in peculiar physicochemical isotope effects: While deuteration often elongates and weakens hydrogen bonds of typical hydrogen-bonded ...

Finally, the molecule was mounted on top of an atomic defect bound to one elbow (see Fig. 3). Once mounted concentrically on its atomic pinning centre, HB-NBP was step-by-step clockwise rotated by ...

Scientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a molecule. The resulting "molecular movie" tracks one and a half revolutions of carbonyl sulphide (OCS) - ...

Chemical reactions taking place in outer space can now be more easily studied on Earth. Scientists discovered an efficient and versatile way of braking the rotation of molecular ions. The spinning ...

A newly designed optical centrifuge allows scientists to control molecular rotation inside superfluid helium nano-droplets.