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Attosecond Laser Takes Aim at Holy Grail of Chemistry Research

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LONDON, March 19, 2012 — Ultrafast pulses of laser light have been fired at oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide molecules and could pave the way toward imaging the movement of atoms and their electrons as they undergo chemical reactions — one of the holy grails of chemistry research. A team of international researchers from Max Born Institute, FOM-Institute AMOLF and Texas A&M University fired ultrashort laser pulses that span only a few hundred attoseconds at a sample of molecules to map the quick movements of atoms within the molecules as well as the charges that surround them. Previous...Read full article

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    Published: March 2012
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