Tolstikhin and his colleagues are working in the field of attophysics — a science which looks at very fast processes (1 attosecond, as = 10 ^ -LRB--18) s) such as the restructuring of electron shells or the displacement of atomic nuclei in
molecules during chemical reactions.
Not exact matches
«When a new substance forms
during a
chemical reaction, many students think that the atoms and
molecules have actually changed into something new, whereas they simply rearranged, that the mass increase of plants is due to minerals in the soil, or that cell division alone accounts for animal growth,» said Cari Herrmann Abell, a senior research associate at Project 2061.
During the
chemical reaction they studied — the hydrogenation of propylene to propane — parahydrogen is part of the propane
molecule and is converted into observable nuclear magnetism to enhance the MRI signal.
«Being able to observe how
molecules exchange electrons
during a
chemical reaction opens the door to completely new types of studies of a number of fundamental biological and
chemical processes.»
Likewise, the femtosecond «flashbulb» enabled scientists to observe phenomena never before seen in freeze - frame: vibrating
molecules, the binding of atoms
during chemical reactions, and other ultrasmall, ultrafleeting events.
Performing chemistry experiments in a new way, they observed a key
molecule that appears briefly
during a common
chemical reaction in the atmosphere.
In order to fully understand the dynamics
during a
chemical reaction, scientists must be able to study all movements of atoms and
molecules on their basic time scale.
As a rule,
molecules are only made when numerous atoms are bonded together
during a
chemical reaction.