Visualizing and controlling vibrational wave packets of single molecules

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7300, 2010, Pages 905-908

  Brinks, Daan ^a   Stefani, Fernando D ^a,d   Kulzer, Florian ^a   Hildner, Richard ^a   Taminiau, Tim H ^a   Avlasevich, Yuri ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Van Hulst, Niek F ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION; INHOMOGENEITY; LASER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIBRATION; VISUALIZATION; WAVE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 77953727507     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09110     Document Type: Article

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