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femtochemistry

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Noun1.femtochemistry - the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions


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Aa Zewail, the Egyptian-American scientist whose research blurred the lines between physics, chemistry, and biology received the top accolade in chemistry for his pioneering work in femtochemistry.
Two Nobel prizes in chemistry were recently awarded in the field of nanotechnology--in 1996 to Richard Smalley, Rice University, who laid the foundation for nanotechnology and in 1999 to Ahmed Zuwail, Cal Tech, for his work on femtochemistry ([10.
ISBN: 0-7623-0854-0, $86 Femtochemistry and Femtobiology: Ultrafast Dynamics in Molecular Science Abderrazzak Douhal, Jesus Santamaria, eds.
 
 
 
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