Controlled Molecule Imaging
Unraveling the Structure‑Function Relationship in the Molecular Sciences
We develop innovative methods to obtain full control over large molecules and nanoparticles. These methods and the created controlled samples are exploited in fundamental physics and chemistry studies to unravel the underlying mechanisms of chemistry and biology by watching molecules at work.
Highlights
Cherry picking molecules from the soup: Spatial separation of pyrrole and pyrrole-water clusters
29 January 2019
We demonstrated the spatial separation of pyrrole-water1 clusters with practically 100 % purity from the other atomic and molecular species in a supersonically-expanded beam of pyrrole and traces of water seeded in high-pressure helium gas.
A new path through the looking-glass
09 November 2018
Theoretical prediction of innovative experimental scheme to create mirror molecules, published in Physical Review Letters.
Novel corkscrew-laser technique can send molecules spinning rapidly about a selected axis
12 October 2018
Modified optical centrifuge has potential to open up new ways for the study of superrotors, published in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
First experiments at Europe's new x-ray laser reveal unknown structure of antibiotics killer
02 October 2018
DESY-led international collaboration obtains first scientific results from European XFEL, published in Nature Communications.