Public Outreach & Press Coverage

TV coverage / videos

• MEDEA "Showcase your project” video
• Our lab was features in a report on the excellence cluster The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging by a documentary on BR α (BR-alpha). Our contribution starts at 12:50 min (03.02.2014).
• CFEL-CMI virtual labtour
• Video in The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Open access to the article is available here.

Radio coverage / audio

• A radio interview regarding ultrafast molecular dynamics and femtochemistry, recorded during FEMTO12 in Hamburg by Deutschlandfunk (in German).

Articles about our work

• A clear path to better insights into biomolecules, Analytica World, (6 January 2021)
• Alane Lim: Rapid cooling technique increases nanoparticle beam density for imaging, AIP Scilight, (22 October 2020)
• Jodi Ackerman Frank: X-ray diffractive imaging of controlled gas-phase molecules reveals the molecular structure of 2,5-diiodothiophene, AIP Scilight, (28 February 2020)
• Molekülrotation gefilmt: Ultrakurzzeit‐Physik, Physik in unserer Zeit 6/2019, 266-267 (2019)
• Molekülrotation gefilmt: Ultrakurzzeit‐Physik, Physik in unserer Zeit 6/2019, 266-267 (2019)
• Film einer Moleküldrehung, Spektrum der Wissenschaft 10/2019, 8 (2019)
• Neuartige Spiegelmoleküle erzeugen, ChemieXtra 5/2019, 11 (2019)
• The strange world of mirror molecules, FEMTO 01/2019, 12 (2019); Die seltsame Welt der Spiegelmoleküle, FEMTO 01/2019, 12 (2019)
• Olga Smirnova: “Brennpunkt: Vom Regenschirm zum chiralen Superrotor”, Physik Journal 18(2), 20 (2019)
• Phil Dooley, "A choice of waters: still, sparkling, para or ortho?”, www.cosmosmagazine.com, (30. May 2018)
• Philip Ball, “Spins doctor water's reactivity”, Chemistry World (1 June, 2018)
• Philip Ball, "The twists and turns of life”, Chemistry World (19 March, 2018)
• Philip Ball, "Diffract, then destroy", Physics World 29, 42 (2016)
• Michael Schirber , "Focus: Optical Funnel Traps Particles", Physics 8, 121 (2015)
• Stephen T. Pratt, "Charge transfer goes the distance", Science 345, 267 (2014)
• Jake Yeston, "Tightly tracking charge migration", Science 345, 280 (2014)
• Don Monroe, "Focus: X rays Measure Lone Molecules", Physics 7, 22 (2014)
• Roland Wester: "Brennpunkt: Entscheidende Bindung", Physik Journal 13(1), 20–21 (2014)
• Michael C. Heaven: "Turn the Molecule This Way for a Faster Reaction", Science, 342, 46–47 (2013)
• A. Stolow: "Molecular conformations fielded", Nature 461, 1063 (2009)
• T. S. Zwier: "Isomeric separation: Conformers part company", Nat. Chem. 1, 687 (2009)
• J. Miller: "Electric-field gradient sorts molecules according to their shape", Phys. Today 61(6), 17 (2008)

Press coverage

• Kurzgefasst: "Rotierende Moleküle", Physik Journal, 18(8/9), 23 (2019)
• Kelso Harper, Jeffery DelViscio: "Fang Needles, Quantum Carpets and Tender Robot Touches”, Scientific American, (2 August, 2019)
• Katrina Krämer, “Laser centrifuge spins out chiral molecules in world first”, Chemistry World (20 June, 2019)
• Mihai Andrei, "There are actually two kinds of water, with slightly different properties”, www.zmescience.com, (29. May 2018)
• Patricia Daukantas, "Trapping Particles in an Optical Funnel", Optics & Photonics News, Research News (16. December 2015)
• Sortierte Wassermoleküle, Angewandte Chemie Presse-Mitteilung (17. September 2014)
• Sorting Water Molecules, Angewandte Chemie International Edition Press Release (17. September 2014)
• Scientific Blogging, Science 2.0: No Moses Needed: Researchers Part Water With Electric Prism (8. September 2014)
• Tim Wogan, "Molecules line up for X-ray diffraction", Physics World, Headline (7. March 2014)
• Jyllian Kemsley, "X-Rays Probe Single Molecules", Chemical & Engineering News 92, 7 (2014)
• ChemieXtra (November 2013), local PDF
• Johanna L. Miller: “Conformer-dependent reactivity”, Physics Today (21. October 2013)
• Portal für Organische Chemie: "Beobachtung einzelner Konformeren in Kinetik-Experimenten" (6. October 2013)
• Laura Howes: "Twisting molecules for faster reactions", Chemistry World (3. October 2013)
• DIE WELT: ENERGIE 2013 – Zuschauen beim flinken Spiel der Atome (6. April 2013)
• Chemistry World: "Separating isomers with electric fields" (24. August 2009)

Press releases

• Henry Chapman becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society, Henry Chapman wird Fellow der Royal Society (30. April 2020)
• Scientists film molecular rotation, Forscher filmen Molekül-Rotation (29. July 2019)
• A new path through the looking-glass, Ein neuer Weg in die Spiegelwelt (9. November 2018)
• Novel corkscrew-laser technique can send molecules spinning rapidly about a selected axis, Korkenzieher-Laser lässt Moleküle um ausgewählte Achse rotieren (12. October 2018)
• First experiments at Europe's new X-ray laser reveal unknown structure of antibiotics killer, Erste Experimente an neuem Röntgenlaser enthüllen unbekannte Struktur von Antibiotika-Killer (2. October 2018)
• Water is not simply water, Wasser ist nicht gleich Wasser (29. May 2018)
• Scientists film exploding nanoparticles (5. February 2016)
• Optical funnel for nano particles (18. December 2015)
• 250 participants from all over the globe gather on the Bahrenfeld Campus (14. July 2015)
• Nobel laureate and femto pioneer Ahmed Zewail holds public scientific lecture, Öffentlicher Vortrag von Femto-Pionier und Nobelpreisträger Ahmed Zewail (13. July 2015)
• Two Nobel laureates came to Schenefeld in one week (13. July 2015)
• Molecules perform endless cartwheels (13. March 2015)
• Leibniz Prize for DESY scientist Henry Chapman (10. December 2014)
• Young scientists distinguished, Stephan Stern (CMI) erhält Promotionspreis des Vereins der Freunde und Förderer des DESY (30. October 2014)
• Researchers Part Water, "Elektrisches Prisma" trennt Wasser (5. September 2014)
• When is a molecule a molecule?, Wann ist ein Molekül ein Molekül? (17. July 2014)
• Mo­le­kü­le in Bewegung (March 2014)
• A Molecular Ballet under the X-ray Laser, Molekülballett im Röntgenlaser (28. February 2014)
• Experimental Physicist receives ERC-Grant (14. November 2013)
• Was passiert im Inneren von Molekülen? 2 Millionen Euro vom Europäischen Forschungsrat für Experimentalphysiker der Universität Hamburg (13. November 2013)
• Two million euro grant for molecule tamer, Millionen-Förderung für Molekül-Dompteur (13. November 2013)
• A question of style, Reine Formsache (3. October 2013)
• Chemistry with sorted Molecules, Chemie mit sortierten Molekülen (3. October 2013)
• A matter of form (4. October 2013)
• Jochen Küpper joins CFEL (1. October 2010)
• Casting for molecules, Casting der Moleküle (4. April 2008)