All quantum mechanics articles
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OpinionThe simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
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ResearchFluorine surprises by becoming heaviest atom ever to quantum tunnel
First experimental evidence of tunnelling in fluorine pushes the boundary of our understanding of chemical bonding
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ResearchSupramolecular ‘qudits’ offer a way to power-up quantum computers
Hydrogen bonding harnessed to produce molecular qubit with four quantum states
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OpinionCelebrating 100 years of the Pauli exclusion principle
How a quantum view of electron states enabled us to understand the stability of matter
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OpinionIn search of the chemical bond
Philosophy of science can help us discover new ways of understanding whether bonds really exist
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OpinionLetters: June 2022
Readers share poems and memories, and report a textbook theft by the man who stole Einstein’s brain
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ResearchVibrational reactivity control harnesses quantum realm to speed up chemistry
‘Quantum phase control’ supercharges reaction between chlorine and singly deuterated methane at ambient temperature
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ResearchQuantum double-slit experiment done with molecules for the first time
Researchers prepare ‘new type of matter’ to conduct classic wave–particle duality experiment
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ResearchFirst vortex beam made entirely of atoms
Twisting atoms’ quantum mechanical wave function into a helix could reveal insights into atom–matter interactions
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ResearchTransient quantum fluctuations tune polymer self-assembly
Chemists use to the universe’s random electromagnetic fluctuations to profoundly change a compound’s supramolecular organisation
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ResearchLevitating glass bead closes in on quantum mechanics' fundamental limit
Two different methods track position and speed of an ultracold glass sphere with a precision that comes close to the limit set by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
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ResearchReaction between ultracold molecules reveals limits of quantum statistics
Real-world molecules don’t always follow the quantum-statistical model
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ResearchSubtle quantum phenomenon found to alter chemical reactivity for the first time
Peeking into the picosecond transition state window reveals effect of spin–orbital interactions
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ReviewThe Quantum Matrix: Henry Bar’s Perilous Struggle for Quantum Coherence
Quantum mechanics in a creative comic form
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OpinionAre chemical entities real?
Proving that atoms and molecules exist is surprisingly difficult
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ResearchRubidium atoms’ tunnelling time measured with quantum stopwatch
Ultracold atom’s time inside forbidden barrier determined, but experiment might not resolve the controversy surrounding tunnelling time
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OpinionMolecular dynamics used to simulate 100 million atoms
At the point of simulating bulk matter
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ResearchQuantum chemistry simulations offers beguiling possibility of ‘solving chemistry’
Academics and tech giants are using neural networks to represent electronic behaviour
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