It could also be extended to ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) and even ultrafast X-ray diffraction (UXD) to track the geometric structure molecules in a transient phase. Reference: Molecular ...

Now, researchers at Google have taken a major step towards this goal by using the most powerful quantum computer yet built to successfully implement a protocol for calculating the electronic structure ...

To create the molecule and analyze its structure, Ziurys' research group heated zinc until it vaporized in a vacuum chamber and added methane gas. An electrical discharge fed energy into the ...

The UA research group also is the first to determine the precise structure of this "metal-methane hybrid" molecule, predicted by theoretical calculations but until now never observed in the real ...

Their new study, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, is the first to report the structure of the enzyme, called soluble methane ... an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL ...

Researchers have for the first time captured atomic-scale images of molecules before and after a chemical reaction ... a particular shape and structure for use in electronic devices.

In the quantum world, every state of a molecule has a specific symmetry, and transitions between states must follow strict symmetry rules. If two states of a methane molecule had incompatible ...

This rigid, coplanar form enhances the electronic properties of the molecule, making the flow of electrons through the material easier. The ladder-type structure allows for stable molecular charge ...

The problem is that the chemical structure of methane is so stable that it does not easily react to other substances. So far, methane has been used primarily as fuel for heating and transportation.