Chemists Orchestrate the Molecular Union of Two Single Atoms
Chemists Orchestrate the Molecular Union of Two Single Atoms
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 27, 20186m 43s
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Show Notes
The main act of Kang-Kuen Ni’s experiment could fit on the tip of a needle—and it happens in a fraction of a second. The Harvard chemist takes two individual atoms, a sodium and a cesium, each about 10,000 times smaller than a bacterium. Then, very carefully, she brings them together to become a single molecule: sodium cesium. It’s an unlikely pairing.
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