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Chemical processes

Optical tweezers create a single molecule from two atoms

24 Apr 2018
Optical tweezers
Collision course: two atoms held in optical tweezers before forming a molecule (Courtesy: Lee Liu and Yu Liu)
A single molecule has been created by combining individual atoms of sodium and caesium, using optica

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