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Scientists have succeeded in 'filming' inter-molecular chemical reactions – using the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a stop-frame imaging tool. They have also discovered that the electron beam can be simultaneously tuned to stimulate specific chemical reactions by using it as a source of energy as well as an imaging tool.
This research – which shows chemical reactions happening in real time at one hundred-millionth of a centimeter - has the potential to revolutionise the study and development of new materials. It could help answer some of the most fundamental and challenging questions of chemical science; such as how molecules react with each other at the atomistic level; what drives formation of one product instead of another; as well as aid the discovery of brand new chemical reactions.
Using the technique to specifically stimulate certain reactions is especially mind-boggling.
(Score: 2, Informative) by pinchy on Friday March 24 2017, @01:19AM (1 child)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU5itkZ_GNM [youtube.com]
I didnt see a video link in the article and this appears to be the same research from the screenshot.
(Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday March 24 2017, @01:49AM
That's an impressive video.
The ability to resolve chemical reactions at intermediate states has been advancing by leaps and bounds. Most of those are spectroscopic methods but this is (fairly) direct imaging and in real time.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday March 24 2017, @02:04AM
Cuz this sounds a lot like molecular pr0n to me.
/ then again, I'm not a scientist
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