Rotational coherence and a sudden breakdown in linear response seen in room-temperature liquids

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5769, 2006, Pages 1907-1911

  Moskun, Amy C ^a,c   Jailaubekov, Askat E ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a   Tao, Guohua ^b   Stratt, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEEP ULTRAVIOLET LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR RESPONSE; ROTATIONAL COHERENCE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; WATER;

CHEMICAL REACTION; FRICTION; LASER; LINEARITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; LASER; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIQUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROTATION; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33645464115     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123738     Document Type: Article

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