Chemical bonding is one of chemistry’s most fundamental concepts Toshiyuki Shirai/EyeEm/Getty Images
A chemical bond between two metal atoms has been filmed breaking and forming for the first time 鈥 something scientists say they only dreamed of seeing. Watching this happen in real time 鈥渨as absolutely unbelievable鈥, says Andrei Khlobystov at the University of Nottingham, UK, who led the team that recorded it.
鈥淲e were very excited,鈥 says Khlobystov. 鈥淲e knew exactly what was happening because we recognised this as a chemical process straight away, but it was a surprise because we simply did not expect we would see it at…
Article amended on 23 January 2020
We corrected where Emilio P茅rez works.
