Friday, July 10, 2009

Quantum tunneling of protons in small molecules


A really nice article, Houdini molecule escapes energy trap, in Chemistry World last year sat in my "enzyme paper" folder. I just read it today. It is a fascinating story of beautiful science including serendipity, and a healthy interaction of theory and experiment. The News and Views piece and the Nature paper are also worth a read.

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