All Physical chemistry articles – Page 4
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ResearchFirst ever peek at excited molecular orbitals in real time
Approach offers future possibility of observing ultrafast electron motion in time and space
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ResearchWatching solvent molecules move in real time
X-ray techniques and molecular dynamics simulations were combined to obtain a molecular movie of a light-driven charge-transfer process
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ResearchHalf the world’s supply of element 99 used to reveal its chemical secrets
Scientists explore einsteinium’s unusual chemistry using less than 200 nanograms of the precious and highly radioactive material
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ResearchHow many water molecules make a droplet?
Water molecules behave like bulk water when surrounded by a sea of 20 others
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OpinionWhen does a hydrogen bond become a covalent bond?
Ultrafast infrared spectroscopy probes the character of the short, strong bonds in HF2–
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ResearchDFT boosts machine-learning models of nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions
Best of both worlds for computational organic chemistry predictions
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ResearchIntricate supramolecular rosette demonstrates power of cooperative interactions
Rosette assembles inside porphyrin nanoring when all components are present
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ResearchExperimental proof of liquid–liquid transition in supercooled water
Diffraction measurements taken whilst laser heating pressurised water from an exotic frozen state
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ResearchUltrafast experiments capture speed-of-light excitation delay as photon travels across H2
Photon excites one end of the molecule first, and then the other end 247 zeptoseconds later
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ResearchHydrogen bonds join forces to maximise water–water interaction
Cooperative environment encourages stronger chemistry
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ResearchSimulation says supercritical water has no hydrogen bonds
Computational approach seeks to clarify bonding confusion
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ResearchSulfur study delivers first experimental proof of a liquid–liquid critical point
Researchers interpret density anomaly as a sign of the critical opalescence phenomenon
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ResearchHydrogen bond imparts more stability on transition state than expected
Study reveals importance of repulsive interactions
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ResearchMagnetic shielding maps reveal molecules’ aromaticity
Computational method is intuitive way to visualise Clar’s rule in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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ResearchNMR findings suggest solution to enhanced diffusion dispute
Energy release rate may solve the puzzle of why the phenomenon is seen in some systems but not others
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ResearchComplex molecule diffraction can start to Bragg
Diffraction with a drug and a dye takes interferometry with large molecules to the next level
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ResearchMacrocycles slide freely across carbon nanotubes
Simulations suggest macrocycles show superlubricity at room temperature
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ResearchComputational study supports theory that water has a second critical point
Liquid-liquid phase transition at deeply supercooled conditions could explain water’s distinctive behavior
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ResearchExcited state potential energy curves reignite diatomic carbon’s bond order conundrum
Molecular orbital theory-based approach backs quadruple bond
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OpinionDick Zare: ‘I got into big fights with my science teacher’
The Stanford physical chemist recounts his eventful childhood in Cleveland, and how his first chemistry experiment led to a spanking