X-rays visualize how one of nature's strongest bonds breaks
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 13:22
in Physics & Chemistry
The use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical. The result, published in the journal Science, reveals for the first time how carbon-hydrogen bonds of alkanes break and how the catalyst works in this reaction.