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University College, London: London, GB

2025-01-01 to present | Senior Research Fellow (Physics and Astronomy )
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

ETH Zurich: Zurich, CH

2021-06-21 to 2024-12-31 | Oberassistentin (Senior Researcher)
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

ETH Zurich: Zurich, CH

2017-09-04 to 2021-06-20 | Research Associate (D-CHAB)
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

University College London: London, GB

2014-09-22 to 2017-08-18 | Research Associate (Physics and Astronomy)
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Education and qualifications (4)

Imperial College London: London, Westminster, GB

2010-10-01 to 2014-08-07 | PhD (Physics )
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Imperial College London: London, Westminster, GB

2009-10-01 to 2010-10-01 | MRes in Controlled Quantum Dynamics (Physics )
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Imperial College London: London, Westminster, GB

2008-09-01 to 2009-09-30 | MSc in Physics (Physics )
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Trinity College: Hartford, Connecticut, US

2004-08-15 to 2008-05-18 | BSs in Physics
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Works (22)

Microwave-Controlled Cold Chemistry

Physical Review Letters
2025-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.123401
Contributors: Fernanda B. V. Martins; Hansjürg Schmutz; Josef A. Agner; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Frédéric Merkt
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Cold reactions of He+ with OCS and CO2: competitive kinetics and the effects of the molecular multipole moments

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP02871F
Contributors: Fernanda B. V. Martins; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Frédéric Merkt
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Opposite Effects of the Rotational and Translational Energy on the Rates of Ion-Molecule Reactions near 0 K: The D2++NH3 and D2++ND3 Reactions

Physical Review X
2024-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.14.011034
Contributors: Raphaël Hahn; David Schlander; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Frédéric Merkt
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Cold Ion-Molecule Chemistry: The Very Different Reactions of He+ with CO and NO

CHIMIA
2023-04-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.221
Contributors: Fernanda B. V. Martins; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Andreas Osterwalder; Frédéric Merkt
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Reaction of an Ion and a Free Radical near 0 K: He<sup>+</sup> + NO → He + N<sup>+</sup> + O

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2023-02-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08221
Part of ISSN: 1089-5639
Part of ISSN: 1520-5215
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova; Fernanda B. V. Martins; Serena Schilling; Frederic Merkt
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Multipole-moment effects in ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures: part II – charge–quadrupole-interaction-induced suppression of the He+ + N2 reaction at collision energies below kB·10 K

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04798A
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova; Fernanda B. V. Martins; Matija Žeško; Frédéric Merkt
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Multipole-moment effects in ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures: part III – the He+ + CH4 and He+ + CD4 reactions at low collision energies and the effect of the charge-octupole interaction

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP05861D
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova; Fernanda B. V. Martins; Frédéric Merkt
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Observation of quantum capture in an ion-molecule reaction

Physical Review A
2022-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.052806
Contributors: Katharina Höveler; Johannes Deiglmayr; Josef A. Agner; Raphaël Hahn; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Frédéric Merkt
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Effects of the charge–dipole and charge–quadrupole interactions on the He+ + CO reaction rate coefficients at low collision energies

New Journal of Physics
2022-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac8a0b
Contributors: Fernanda B V Martins; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Frédéric Merkt
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The Effect of the Molecular Dipole and Quadrupole moments on Ion-Molecule Reaction Rates near 0 K

CHIMIA
2022-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2022.316
Part of ISSN: 2673-2424
Part of ISSN: 0009-4293
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Multipole-moment effects in ion–molecule reactions at low temperatures: part I – ion-dipole enhancement of the rate coefficients of the He+ + NH3 and He+ + ND3 reactions at collisional energies Ecoll/kB near 0 K

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03116C
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova; Fernanda B. V. Martins; Josef A. Agner; Hansjürg Schmutz; Frédéric Merkt
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Cold ion chemistry within a Rydberg-electron orbit: test of the spectator role of the Rydberg electron in the He(n) + CO → C(n′) + O + He reaction

New Journal of Physics
2021-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac231d
Contributors: Fernanda B V Martins; Valentina Zhelyazkova; Christian Seiler; Frédéric Merkt
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Ion-Molecule Reactions below 1 K: Strong Enhancement of the Reaction Rate of the Ion-Dipole Reaction He++CH3F

Physical Review Letters
2020-12-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.263401
Contributors: Valentina Zhelyazkova; Fernanda B. V. Martins; Josef A. Agner; Hansjürg Schmutz; Frédéric Merkt
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Fluorescence-lifetime-limited trapping of Rydberg helium atoms on a chip

Molecular Physics
2019-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1600060
Part of ISSN: 0026-8976
Part of ISSN: 1362-3028
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; M. Žeško*; H. Schmutz; J. A. Agner; F. Merkt
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Preparation of circular Rydberg states in helium with n>=70 using a modified version of the crossed-fields method

Physical Review A
2018-10-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.98.043416
Part of ISSN: 2469-9926
Part of ISSN: 2469-9934
Contributors: A. A. Morgan; V. Zhelyazkova; S. D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Probing resonant energy transfer in collisions of ammonia with Rydberg helium atoms by microwave spectroscopy

The Journal of Chemical Physics
2017-12-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/1.5011406
Part of ISSN: 0021-9606
Part of ISSN: 1089-7690
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; S. D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Electrically tuned Förster resonances in collisions of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">NH</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> with Rydberg He atoms

Physical Review A
2017-04-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.95.042710
Part of ISSN: 2469-9926
Part of ISSN: 2469-9934
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; S. D. Hogan
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Mean-field energy-level shifts and dielectric properties of strongly polarized Rydberg gases

Physical Review A
2016-11-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.94.053418
Part of ISSN: 2469-9926
Part of ISSN: 2469-9934
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; R. Jirschik; S. D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Preparation of circular Rydberg states in helium using the crossed-fields method

Physical Review A
2016-08-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.94.023415
Part of ISSN: 2469-9926
Part of ISSN: 2469-9934
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; S. D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Rydberg–Stark states in oscillating electric fields

Molecular Physics
2015-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1098741
Part of ISSN: 0026-8976
Part of ISSN: 1362-3028
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; S.D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Probing interactions between Rydberg atoms with large electric dipole moments in amplitude-modulated electric fields

Physical Review A
2015-07-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.92.011402
Part of ISSN: 1050-2947
Part of ISSN: 1094-1622
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; S. D. Hogan
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Valentina Zhelyazkova

Laser cooling and slowing of CaF molecules

Physical Review A
2014-05-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.89.053416
Part of ISSN: 1050-2947
Part of ISSN: 1094-1622
Contributors: V. Zhelyazkova; A. Cournol; T. E. Wall; A. Matsushima; J. J. Hudson; E. A. Hinds; M. R. Tarbutt; B. E. Sauer
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