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Manipulating molecules

Nature Chemistry volume 4, pages 72–73 (2012)Cite this article

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Valuable insight into the use of lasers to control electron dynamics can be gained by simulations, but these are often limited by the uncertainty in the model systems used. Now, accurate calculations of controlled electron motion in benzene improve on this, while showing that its aromaticity could potentially be 'switched off'.

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Figure 1: Optimized laser pulses can be used to control molecular dynamics.

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  1. Katharine Moore and Herschel Rabitz are in the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA,

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Moore, K., Rabitz, H. Manipulating molecules. Nature Chem 4, 72–73 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1252

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