Magnetic or electric fields have long been used to align or orient atomic or molecular species in a molecular beam. Now, experiments in a merged beam apparatus show that an external magnetic field can be used to favour one particular reaction path.
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Bergeat, A., Naulin, C. Magnetic control of a reaction path. Nature Chem 10, 1177–1179 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-018-0177-6
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