Aligned molecules: Chirality discrimination in photodissociation and in molecular dynamics

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-308

  Palazzetti, Federico ^a,b   Tsai, Po Yu ^c,d   Lombardi, Andrea ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^c,d   Che, Dock Chil ^e   Kasai, Toshio ^c,d   Lin, King Chuen ^c,d   Aquilanti, Vincenzo ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enantioselection; Molecular collisions; Molecular orientation; Trajectory simulations

Indexed keywords

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASERS; ELASTIC COLLISION; ENANTIOSELECTION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POLARIZATION;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84883487598     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-013-0248-y     Document Type: Article

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