Title: Aligning molecules in helium nanodroplets

Abstract: 
Liquid Helium nanodroplets provide a fascinating environment where almost any molecule can be solvated inside a cold quantum fluid. In the Stapelfeldt lab in the chemistry department we had a project to spatially align molecules inside of these droplets, with a view to understanding spectroscopy and dynamics in the molecular frame. I will present the results of our efforts to control molecular alignment in three dimensions, without perturbing laser fields, and present some applications for the technique.