Reaction microscope 'X-rays' individual molecules
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 10:00
in Physics & Chemistry
For more than 200 years, we have been using X-rays to look inside matter, and progressing to ever smaller structures -from crystals to nanoparticles. Now, physicists have achieved a qualitative leap forward: using a new experimental technique, they have been able to 'X-ray' molecules such as oxygen and view their motion in the microcosm.