Principle of the experiment that made it possible to visualize the sigma-hole (VIDEO)

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)

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The principle of the experiment that made it possible to visualize the sigma-hole on a bromine (Br) atom in a molecule using a specially modified tip of a scanning microscope functionalized with a single xenon (Xe) atom.

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