Controlling the Motion of Complex Molecules and Particles (COMOTION)
We develop innovative methods to obtain full control over large molecules and nanoparticles. These methods and the created controlled samples are exploited in fundamental physics and chemistry studies to unravel the underlying mechanisms of chemistry and biology by watching molecules at work.
Highlights
Molecular dynamics, scientific exchange, and reunions in China
26 September 2026
This September, Jochen Küpper and Ivo Vinklárek participated at the Summer School on Chemical Dynamics at Surfaces and in the Gas Phase, co-organized by the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The visit combined talks and poster presentations with visits to universities and photon-science facilities, as well as reunions with former CMI members.
Poster prize for Ivo Vinklárek at the Summer School on Chemical Dynamics at Surfaces and in the Gas-phase in Hangzhou, China
24 September 2026
On 24 September 2026, Ivo Vinklárek received a poster prize at the Summer School on Chemical Dynamics at Surfaces and in the Gas Phase. The summer school was co-organized by the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Hangzhou, China.
Nidin Vadassery Successfully Defended PhD Thesis
04 September 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Nidin Vadassery on the successful defence of his PhD thesis, “On the Diffractive Imaging and Rotational-State-Selective Fragmentation of CF₂I₂.”