Within the EU-funded FICOMOL project, Van de Meerakker's team developed innovative methods to slow down cold molecules and control their collisions using electric fields. With these techniques, they could study molecular collisions at extremely low temperatures - down to around 100 millikelvin - and uncover quantum effects that had long remained elusive.
The findings shed new light on how molecules behave and could open up new possibilities in fields like quantum computing and astrochemistry.
The work has been selected by the European Commission to be featured on the CORDIS website. The project appeared in the 'Result in Brief' section, which highlights innovative and high-impact EU-funded research for a broad audience.
Read the full article here: CORDIS: Unlocking secrets of cold molecular collisions, https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/459599-unlocking-secrets-of-cold-molecular-collisions?WT.mc_id=exp