Perspective: Ultracold Molecules and the Dawn of Cold Controlled Chemistry

Authors

Balakrishnan Naduvalath, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume

145

Issue

15

Abstract

Ultracold molecules offer unprecedented opportunities for the controlled interrogation of molecular events, including chemical reactivity in the ultimate quantum regime. The proliferation of methods to create, cool, and confine them has allowed the investigation of a diverse array of molecular systems and chemical reactions at temperatures where only a single partial wave contributes. Here we present a brief account of recent progress on the experimental and theoretical fronts on cold and ultracold molecules and the opportunities and challenges they provide for a fundamental understanding of bimolecular chemical reaction dynamics. © 2016 Author(s).

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Language

English

Repository Citation

Naduvalath, B. (2016). Perspective: Ultracold Molecules and the Dawn of Cold Controlled Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(15),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964096