Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) have definitively resolved a two-decade-long controversy regarding the direction of electron ...

According to VSEPR theory, an AX3E molecule has a tetrahedral electronic geometry. This means the four electron pairs (three bonding pairs and one lone pair) are arranged in a tetrahedral shape around ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are important carriers of organic matter throughout the universe. As organic ...

Constructing out-of-equilibrium molecular assemblies that deviate from thermodynamic equilibrium is a central challenge in ...

Physicists using near-absolute-zero detectors have reached unprecedented sensitivity in the hunt for light dark matter. A ...

The shapes of atomic orbitals also affect the spectroscopic properties of atoms and molecules. The absorption and emission of ...

Using a machine learning technique that compares molecular fingerprints left behind by living organisms, researchers have ...