Welcome to the Controlled Chemical Reactions group!
What exactly happens during a chemical reaction? Our aim is to completely understand and, ultimately, fully control chemical reactions on the molecular level. We therefore investigate reactive collisions, in which chemical bonds are broken and new bonds are formed, between individual molecules in the gas phase. We make use of advanced experimental techniques to study these reactions in extremely high detail.
Our group is part of the Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules department within the Institute for Molecules and Materials of the Radboud University.
Latest news
24 April: Jolijn was invited to visit the University in Kassel, Germany, and presented our work there. It was great to see and hear about the research going on at the Institute of Physics!
7 April: Joëlle Schrijer joins us for her MSc internship. Welcome!
14 March: Jolijn attended the DPG Spring Meeting of the Atomic, Molecular, Quantum Optics and Photonics Section (SAMOP) in Bonn and presented our work there.
22 January: Yesterday and today, we were at NWO Physics. Alexandra presented our work in a talk, and Saskia showed it on a poster.
11 December: We’re hiring! We have a vacancy for a postdoc position. Get in touch or apply if you’re interested!
Recent publications
- Imaging Resonance Effects in C + H2 Collisions using a Zeeman Decelerator
Vikram Plomp, Xu-Dong Wang, Jacek Kłos, Paul J. Dagdigian, François Lique, Jolijn Onvlee, Sebastiaan Y.T. van de Meerakker
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 4602 (2024), arXiv:2312.00203 - Low-Energy Collisions of Zeeman-Decelerated NH Radicals with He Atoms
Vikram Plomp, Jolijn Onvlee, François Lique, Sebastiaan Y.T. van de Meerakker
J. Phys. Chem. A 127, 2306 (2023)
- High-Resolution Imaging of C + He Collisions using Zeeman Deceleration and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Detection
Vikram Plomp, Xu-Dong Wang, François Lique, Jacek Kłos, Jolijn Onvlee, Sebastiaan Y.T. van de Meerakker
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 12210 (2021), arXiv:2112.03197