Chiral Control of Gas‐Phase Molecules using Microwave Pulses

H Singh, FEL Berggötz, W Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave three‐wave mixing has emerged as a novel approach for studying chiral
molecules in the gas phase. This technique employs resonant microwave pulses and is a …

Assessing the performance of rotational spectroscopy in chiral analysis

SR Domingos, C Pérez, MD Marshall, HO Leung… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The capabilities of rotational spectroscopy-based methods as tools to deliver accurate and
precise chirality-sensitive information are still breaking ground, but their applicability in the …

Multiparticle cumulant map** for Coulomb explosion imaging

C Cheng, LJ Frasinski, G Moğol, F Allum, AJ Howard… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We extend covariance velocity map ion imaging to four particles, establishing cumulant
map** and allowing for measurements that provide insights usually associated with …

Controlled enantioselective orientation of chiral molecules with an optical centrifuge

AA Milner, JAM Fordyce, I MacPhail-Bartley… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We report on the first experimental demonstration of enantioselective rotational control of
chiral molecules with a laser field. In our experiments, two enantiomers of propylene oxide …

Pump-probe spectroscopy of chiral vibrational dynamics

DS Tikhonov, A Blech, M Leibscher, L Greenman… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
A planar molecule may become chiral upon excitation of an out-of-plane vibration, changing
its handedness during half a vibrational period. When exciting such a vibration in an …

Filming enhanced ionization in an ultrafast triatomic slingshot

AJ Howard, M Britton, ZL Streeter, C Cheng… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Filming atomic motion within molecules is an active pursuit of molecular physics and
quantum chemistry. A promising method is laser-induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging (CEI) …

Circularly polarized lasing from helical superstructures of chiral organic molecules

S Ren, ZF Liu, P Li, H Liu, M Lu, K Wang… - Angewandte …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral supramolecular aggregates have the potential to explore circularly polarized lasing
with large dissymmetry factors. However, the controllable assembly of chiral superstructures …

Conformations of steroid hormones: Infrared and vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy

Y Yang, A Krin, X Cai, MR Poopari, Y Zhang… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Steroid hormone molecules may exhibit very different functionalities based on the
associated functional groups and their 3D arrangements in space, ie, absolute …

Two-body dissociation of formic acid following double ionization by ultrafast laser pulses

T Severt, DR Daugaard, T Townsend, F Ziaee, K Borne… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We studied the fragmentation of planar formic acid (HCOOH) molecules following their
double ionization by intense ultrashort laser pulses. Deuterium tagging (ie, HCOOD) …

The COLTRIMS reaction microscope—the spyhole into the ultrafast entangled dynamics of atomic and molecular systems

H Schmidt‐Böcking, J Ullrich, R Dörner… - Annalen der …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The COLTRIMS Reaction Microscope C‐REMI can image the momentum vectors of
all emitted charged fragments in an atomic or molecular reactions similar to the bubble …