All Physical chemistry articles – Page 3
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ResearchUranium’s strong covalent bond breaks periodic table predictions
Actinide’s unusual covalency could explain its ability to fix nitrogen
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ResearchFirst snapshots of ionised water’s fleeting radical–cation pair
Ultrafast electron diffraction spots hydroxyl–hydronium complex before it separates a hundred quadrillionth of a second later
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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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ResearchChemical definition of brine as water could help clear up Chile’s lithium controversy
As evidence grows that lithium mining damages water sources, reclassifying brine as water – rather than as mineral – could empower Indigenous communities to protect their rights and convince mining companies to act more responsibly
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NewsShedding light on Nazi-era uranium cubes with modern nuclear forensics
US team are using radiochronometry to confirm their authenticity and origins
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OpinionClara Immerwahr – out of her husband’s shadow
The tragic story of the chemist best known as Fritz Haber’s wife might not be as clear cut as many believe, finds Bárbara Pinho
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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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ResearchObserving the life and death of a single excited-state molecule
Individual pentacene’s triplet lifetime – and how it is cut short by a nearby oxygen – measured with atomic resolution
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ResearchChemists reconsider C–H and C–C bond length rationale
Quantitative proof for steric repulsion theory
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ResearchAnti-electrostatic halogen bonding shown in solution for the first time
UV-vis spectroscopy and computational analysis explore nature of counterintuitive anionic interaction
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ResearchBond between artificial and natural atom measured for the first time
Chemists reveal the tiny forces in chemical bonds between quantum corrals and AFM tip atoms
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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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ResearchAI enantioselectivity predictor set to power computational catalyst screening
Workflow involves mapping a reaction representation onto the activation energy of the stereocontrolling step
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OpinionHow values influence decisions in science
Empirical evidence is not always sufficient to determine the models we use
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ResearchExotic bond takes computational chemists by surprise
New results could help to solve the dispute around the strange Na–B bond in NaBH3–
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ResearchEasy and efficient entropies for everyone
Conformational analysis package gains ability to automatically evaluate entropy
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ResearchUnstable silicon double bonds tamed in polymers made on metals
Process could ‘open the door’ to new electronic materials
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ResearchChemists reconsider the impact of through-space effects
Through-space electrostatic effects are shown to be dominant in certain radical reactions, where previously through-bond interactions were thought to determine reaction rate
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ResearchCoordinative bonding to carbon more nuanced than first thought
New insights from valence bond theory enhance understanding of bonding in carbones
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OpinionHow philosophy helps solve puzzles in chemistry
Without realising it, chemists use a range of philosophical tools to probe the world