Studying molecule-surface interactions using rotational orientation control of ground-state molecular beams

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• Gil Alexandrowicz, Department of Chemistry, Swansea University
• Thursday 09 May 2019, 16:00-17:00
• Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

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Performing quantum state selective experiments of molecule-surface collisions provides unique insight into the interaction potential. One particularly tricky molecular property to control and measure is the rotational projection states, i.e. the orientation of the rotational plane of the molecule. Previous data was mostly restricted to photo-excited/paramagnetic species. In this talk, I will describe the apparatus, proof-of-principle experiments, demonstrating control and measurements of the rotational projection states of ground state hydrogen molecules¹, new experimental results for H2 colliding with ionic surfaces, and discuss the future of this new technique in terms of studying interaction-potentials and modifying the outcome of reactive molecule-surface collisions.

[1] Nature Communications, 8, 15357 (2017).

This talk is part of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group series.

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