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May the electric force be with you

Intense laser fields can apply strong forces to molecules, distorting molecular potentials. Now, these effects have been used to precisely control the branching ratios of a polyatomic photodissociation reaction.

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Figure 1: Laser-field catalysis.

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Stolow, A. May the electric force be with you. Nature Chem 6, 759–760 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2037

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