Scientists have succeeded in observing an atomic grain for the first time in history with X-rays. The new study is thought to be of great importance, especially in the nano world.
Today, a first in the scientific world has been made about atoms, which are the most basic building blocks of every substance in the universe. Scientists, For the first time, he observed a single atom with X-rays.
With the new study, the smallest building block observed with X-rays down to an atomic grain. Scientists expect this success to pave the way for many new paths and discoveries.
This is what the atom looks like under X-ray:
The photo you see above is an X-ray image of the supramolecule made up of a single iron atom.
In this image, there are supramolecular structures formed by 6 ribidium and an iron atom.
What will this success do?
With today’s technology, it is even possible to observe and photograph atoms in a normal way. However, the inside of anything cannot be imaged without X-rays, and the same is true for atoms.
Observing atoms with X-rays will allow us to better see what’s inside our smallest and most fundamental building block. At the same time, an atom about the chemical state will be able to obtain more detailed information.
The first of these discoveries was actually made with the study. When scientists examined the extremely rare terbium atom, the atom’s does not change its chemical state he saw. The iron atom, on the other hand, was interacting intensely with its surroundings.
The study was carried out by scientists from Ohio University, the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory, published in Nature.