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The making of a molecular movie

The making of a molecular movie

August 17, 2018
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Chemistry
Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

A team of physicists from the US and Europe has captured the clearest glimpse yet of a photochemical reaction.

The researchers precisely recorded how the atomic nuclei and chemical bonds of a five-atom molecule responded when being struck by a laser. Appearing in Science, the team's study marks the culmination of a years-long effort to advance the quality of "molecular movies" from that of a rudimentary stop-motion animation to a high-definition motion picture.

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