Issue 23, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Quantum interference distinguishes between constitutional isomers†

Jens Tüxen,a   Stefan Gerlich,b   Sandra Eibenberger,b   Markus Arndt*b  and  Marcel Mayor*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: marcel.mayor@unibas.ch

b Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: markus.arndt@univie.ac.at

c Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract

Matter waves, as introduced by de Broglie in 1923 (L. de Broglie, Nature, 1923, 112, 540),1 are a fundamental quantum phenomenon, describing the delocalized center of mass motion of massive bodies and we show here their sensitivity to the molecular structure of constitutional isomers.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00125B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Feb 2010
Accepted
19 Apr 2010
First published
10 May 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 4145-4147

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Quantum interference distinguishes between constitutional isomers

J. Tüxen, S. Gerlich, S. Eibenberger, M. Arndt and M. Mayor, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4145 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00125B

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