How to rip apart molecules

Brute force added to the list of ways to do clever chemistry.

Here’s a new trick for making molecules — chemists have succeeded in literally ripping the bonds between atoms apart, rather than using the usual suspects of heat, pressure, light or electricity to drive a chemical reaction.

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How to rip apart molecules

Brute force added to the list of ways to do clever chemistry.

Here’s a new trick for making molecules — chemists have succeeded in literally ripping the bonds between atoms apart, rather than using the usual suspects of heat, pressure, light or electricity to drive a chemical reaction.

Read the story here.

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