Until now, the conversion of chemical energy into rotational energy on a supramolecular level, i.e., for small objects consisting of more than one molecule, was only known from biology.

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy ...

Essentially, this means concussions caused by rotational motion occur at lower levels of energy than in cases involving linear motion. In other words, even impacts that may seem to be light can ...

This approach allowed the characterization of the rotational energy levels of this molecule as well as the determination of its laser-cooling scheme.

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Diagram of the rotational energy levels of OH −, which are coupled by collisions with helium (with inelastic rate coefficients k 10 and k 01, see the schematic view on the right) and blackbody ...

Using lasers with precisely tuned frequency, λ, physicists control rotational states of radium monofluoride molecules and excite specific rotational levels, characterized by the quantum number, J ...

depends on how fast it falls apart (called dissociative recombination). Earth-based experiments to determine the rate at which H 3 + falls apart have only been partially successful. Until recently ...

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy ...