Photosynthesis, the natural process of converting sunlight energy into chemical energy and generating molecular oxygen, is a ...

(c) Hybrid orbitals form stronger bonds than pure orbitals. (d) VSEPR Theory can explain the square planar geometry of XeF 4.

In the previous study in 2015, the speed of the x-ray camera (time resolution) was limited to 500 fs, and the molecular structure had already changed to be linear with two chemical bonds within ...

In previous research the team succeeded in imaging the chemical structure of a molecule, but not the subtle differences of the bonds. Discriminating bond order is close to the current resolution ...

More information: "Direct Imaging of Covalent Bond Structure in Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions," by Dimas G. de Oteyza et al. Science Express, 2013.

Scientists at EPFL and AstraZeneca have developed a method to map the atomic-level structure of amorphous drugs, demonstrated on a GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate for diabetes and obesity treatment.

To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/sandwiches. References used to create this graphic: Astruc, Didier. “Why Is Ferrocene So Exceptional?” Eur. J ...

Chemical insight into biological function is the holy grail of structural biology. Small molecules are central players as building blocks, effectors and probes of macromolecular structure and ...

Since the first-reported use of AFM to image the chemical ... the molecule was bent upward by 1.0 Å. This may have been due to the directionality of the Si-dangling bonds that are bound with ...

Even the bonds to the hydrogen atoms at the pentacene's periphery can be seen The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time, say researchers. The physical ...