An instrument that uses high-energy electrons to take "snapshots" of ultrafast chemical processes at the atomic and molecular ...

A new scientific instrument at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory promises to capture some of nature's speediest processes. It uses a method known as ultrafast electron ...

Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens in between. Seeing these hidden moments matters because chemistry is ultimately governed by quantum rules. By ...

Recent advances in electron microscopy and diffraction have increasingly focused on capturing dynamical processes at unprecedented temporal resolutions. Ultrafast electron microscopy and diffraction ...

The interactions between light and nitroaromatic hydrocarbon molecules have important implications for chemical processes in our atmosphere that can lead to smog and pollution. However, changes in ...

Scientists so far cannot create many newly emerging quantum materials as large crystals. Instead, these materials form crystals only one-tenth as wide as a human hair. This poses a challenge for ...

In chemical reactions, molecules transform from reactants into reaction products through a critical geometry called a transition state that lasts less than one millionth of one millionth of a second.

(Nanowerk News) Imagine being able to watch the inner workings of a chemical reaction or a material as it changes and reacts to its environment – that's the sort of thing researchers can do with a ...

A team of researchers report a mechanical response across a layered magnetic material tied to changing its electron spin. This response could have important applications in nanodevices requiring ultra ...