Physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transition
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 13:10
in Physics & Chemistry
The goal of ''Femtochemistry'' is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light. Using consecutive laser pulses, atomic bonds can be excited precisely and broken as desired. So far, this has been demonstrated for selected molecules. Researchers have now succeeded in transferring this principle to a solid, controlling its crystal structure on the surface.