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SUBMITTER: Godsi O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5424257 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Godsi Oded O Corem Gefen G Alkoby Yosef Y Cantin Joshua T JT Krems Roman V RV Somers Mark F MF Meyer Jörg J Kroes Geert-Jan GJ Maniv Tsofar T Alexandrowicz Gil G
Nature communications 20170508
The outcome of molecule-surface collisions can be modified by pre-aligning the molecule; however, experiments accomplishing this are rare because of the difficulty of preparing molecules in aligned quantum states. Here we present a general solution to this problem based on magnetic manipulation of the rotational magnetic moment of the incident molecule. We apply the technique to the scattering of H<sub>2</sub> from flat and stepped copper surfaces. We demonstrate control of the molecule's initia ...[more]