Controlling electronic 1 and/or nuclear 2,3 motion in molecules using external fields represents, at the moment, the ‘holy grail’ of chemistry. More than half a century ago, the 1966 Nobel Prize ...

To identify molecules on Earth or in outer space, scientists typically record the spectrum of light absorbed -- each molecule has its own unique spectrum. CH5+, consists of a central carbon atom with ...

What does it take to transform a tried and tested, but somewhat forgotten, “old-school” spectroscopy technology into something that scientists see as the next big thing in molecular structural ...

A new spectroscopy technique reveals that pairs of gaseous water molecules form short-lived complexes (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2021, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020941118). “You might think, come on, ...

Infrared spectroscopy is a standard technique, which depends upon the interaction between infrared radiation and the vibrating dipole moments of molecules. Except for homonuclear diatomics and noble ...