'Molecular movie' captures chemical reaction on atomic scale
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Laser lights. Reaction. This time around, the researchers recorded the behavior of a more complex molecule - trifluoromethyl iodide - featuring three fluorine atoms, one carbon and one iodine. In doing so, they captured the molecule’s iodine atom breaking free of its bond with a carbon atom: a photochemical reaction. If you want to build solar cells, you want a molecule that converts all the energy into some sort of chemical reaction that you can use, Centurion said.
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