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From a chemical perspective, splitting disulphide bonds under tensile stress is a substantially more complicated process than previously assumed. A team of researchers found out what happens in detail ...

Figure 1: Guest molecules encapsulated within a carbon nanotube can be transformed into a 1D structure under the influence of heat or an electron beam. Figure 2: Carbon nanotubes serve as containers ...

IT has recently been shown 1 that a measurable over-population of the excited vibrational levels of a diatomic molecule can be achieved by subjecting it to a high-intensity flash of ultra-violet light ...