Perspective: Ultracold molecules and the dawn of cold controlled chemistry

Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The proliferation of methods to create, cool, and confine them has allowed the investigation of a diverse array of molecular syste...

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Published inThe Journal of chemical physics Vol. 145; no. 15; p. 150901
Main Author Balakrishnan, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Institute of Physics 21.10.2016
Subjects
Chemical reactions
Interrogation
Organic chemistry
Physics
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Summary:Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The proliferation of methods to create, cool, and confine them has allowed the investigation of a diverse array of molecular systems and chemical reactions at temperatures where only a single partial wave contributes. Here we present a brief account of recent progress on the experimental and theoretical fronts on cold and ultracold molecules and the opportunities and challenges they provide for a fundamental understanding of bimolecular chemical reaction dynamics.
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ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.4964096