When molecules don't rebound

Mark Brouard
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Mark Brouard: Mark Brouard is in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK. mark.brouard@chem.ox.ac.uk

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7200, 43-45

Abstract: Picture a simple molecule as two balls attached together by a compressible spring. If an incoming atom strikes one end of the molecule, the spring compresses and the vibrating molecule jumps backwards. Or does it?

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/454043a

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