Objective This research project involves the study of the vibrational energy redistribution in highly-excited polyatomic molecules by looking at the associated relaxation and dissociation processes, both in gas phase and when the molecules are absorbed on surfaces. Some of the applications of this study will be considered. Small, intermediate-size or even complex or biological molecules in gas phase, and UV laser radiation, will be investigated by using: laser double-irradiation technique, time-resolved Raman probing technique, non-resonant laser desorption, reflectron time of flight mass spectrometry, and interferometric techniques. Most of these techniques were developed in the laboratories involved in the project. Some fundamental problems will also be considered, in particular the dynamics of vibrational collisional relaxation where ultrafast rates occur, and the vibrotranslational relaxation. The existence of a possible substructure in the vibrational molecular quasi-continuum and the nature of the non-resonant laser-induced desorption will be investigated as well. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 12 - Atomic Structure, Lasers and Optics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas EU contribution No data Address Serrano 121 28006 Madrid Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarus EU contribution No data Address 220602 Minsk See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 117942 Moscow See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address 142092 Troitsk, Moscow Region See on map Total cost No data The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address South Parks Road OX1 3QZ Oxford See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy EU contribution No data Address 80125 Napoli See on map Total cost No data