Molecules caught tunneling (IMAGE)

University of Innsbruck

Molecules caught tunneling

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Quantum mechanics allows particles due to their quantum mechanical wave properties to break through the energetic barrier (wall) and a reaction occurs.

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Universität Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch

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