Rotation of a molecule as an 'internal clock' Measuring ultrafast reactions Date: November 2, 2020 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: Using a new method, physicists have investigated the ...

More information: Maximilian Löw et al, Coherence of Symmetry-Protected Rotational Qubits in Cold Polyatomic Molecules, Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.113402.

At rotation rates below 3.2 and above 4.5 GHz, the pentagonal and hexagonal rotational sectors are isolated due to energy conservation. "It takes more energy to spin a football than a frisbee [due ...

Molecular rotors are dynamic chemical systems that exhibit controlled internal rotation, forming the basis for a myriad of applications in nanoscale devices and molecular machinery. Their ...

The role of internal molecular degrees of freedom, such as rotation, has scarcely been explored experimentally in low-energy collisions despite their significance to cold and ultracold chemistry ...

In geometry, an object exhibits symmetry if it looks the same after a transformation, such as reflection or rotation. Symmetry is important in art, math, biology and chemistry.

Research Director: Keiichi Namba (Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University) Research Term: 1997-2002 Namba Protonic NanoMachine Project studied the structure and function ...

A UPV/EHU pre-doctoral researcher, Josebe Hurtado has been able to "synthesize molecules with an elusive asymmetry using a novel methodology that opens up a new path towards a hitherto unattained ...

A general approach to the control of molecular dynamics The experimental yield of ATD and EI events shows an almost regular up and down, corresponding to the rotation of the molecule.

The experimental yield of ATD and EI events shows an almost regular up and down, corresponding to the rotation of the molecule. In a closer analysis, however, a slight delay of approx. 5.5 fs is ...