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Active Control of Molecular Dynamics: Coherence versus Chaos

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The status of theoretical and experimental studies of the active control of molecular dynamics is surveyed, with attention focused on the control of product formation in a branching unimolecular reaction.

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Rice, S.A. Active Control of Molecular Dynamics: Coherence versus Chaos. Journal of Statistical Physics 101, 187–212 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026422423909

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