Capturing the coordinated dance between electrons and nuclei in a light-excited molecule

Using SLAC’s high-speed ‘electron camera,’ scientists simultaneously captured the movements of electrons and nuclei in a light-excited molecule. This marks the first time this has been done with ultrafast electron diffraction, which scatters a powerful beam of electrons off materials to pick up tiny molecular motions.

Source: sciencedaily.com

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