Every moment of ultrafast chemical bonding now captured on film
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 11:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists report the direct observation of the birthing moment of chemical bonds by tracking real-time atomic positions in the molecule. They captured the ongoing reaction process of the chemical bond formation in the gold trimer. The femtosecond-resolution images revealed that such molecular events took place in two separate stages, not simultaneously as previously assumed.