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Atomic envoy enables molecular control

A technique for manipulating molecules uses an intermediary atom to query a nearby molecule's energy state and produces 'quantum superpositions' of these states, a prerequisite for extremely high-precision spectroscopy. See Letter p.203

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Campbell, W. Atomic envoy enables molecular control. Nature 545, 164–165 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/545164a

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