Laser cooling of polyatomic molecules brings ultracold chemistry into the spotlight
01 Jun 2022
Red light stop: The experiment uses multiple frequencies of light to cool the CaOH atoms to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero. (Courtesy: John Doyle)
Physicists in the US have created ultracold polyatomic molecules by trapping and cooling them direct
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Martijn Boerkamp is a science journalist based in the Netherlands