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Volume 155, Number 21 (May 22, 1999)

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Laser may twirl molecules to pieces

By whirling molecules at up to 10 trillion revolutions per second, a laser's spinning electric field may selectively break bonds in the molecules.

References:

Karczmarek, J. . . . M. Ivanov. 1999. Optical centrifuge for molecules. Physical Review Letters 82(April 26):3420.

Sources:

Misha Ivanov
National Research Council of Canada
Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Femtosecond Program
100 Sussex Drive, Room 2069
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 21, May 22, 1999, p. 331. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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