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SUBMITTER: Gerlich S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104521 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20110101
The wave nature of matter is a key ingredient of quantum physics and yet it defies our classical intuition. First proposed by Louis de Broglie a century ago, it has since been confirmed with a variety of particles from electrons up to molecules. Here we demonstrate new high-contrast quantum experiments with large and massive tailor-made organic molecules in a near-field interferometer. Our experiments prove the quantum wave nature and delocalization of compounds composed of up to 430 atoms, with ...[more]