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SUBMITTER: Kilaj A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5974139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180529 1
Water is one of the most fundamental molecules in chemistry, biology and astrophysics. It exists as two distinct nuclear-spin isomers, para- and ortho-water, which do not interconvert in isolated molecules. The experimental challenges in preparing pure samples of the two isomers have thus far precluded a characterization of their individual chemical behavior. Capitalizing on recent advances in the electrostatic deflection of polar molecules, we separate the ground states of para- and ortho-water ...[more]