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Science 28 April 1989:
Vol. 244. no. 4903, pp. 426 - 431
DOI: 10.1126/science.244.4903.426
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Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Small Molecules

Z. VAGER 1, R. NAAMAN 1, and E. P. KANTER 2

1 Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
2 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439.

Most of our knowledge of the structures of free molecules comes from indirect observations that focus on other properties (for example, energy or mass spectra) that depend on structure. Recently, a new method has been developed that instead yields geometrical images of individual molecules. This method takes advantage of the large Coulomb repulsion of the nuclei within molecules rapidly stripped of their electrons. The first experiments with this new technique have already revealed structural images of several important species, such as positively charged methane ions.


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