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One of the greatest challenges in modern physical chemistry — monitoring how molecules behave, interact and transform in a crowded liquid environment — seems simple, yet is anything but. Writing in Nature, Kim et al.1 apply the technique of time-resolved X-ray liquidography to the study of a textbook chemical reaction — the light-induced rearrangement of atoms in azobenzene molecules in solution. In doing so, the authors reveal details of this photoisomerization process and demonstrate the technique’s utility for studying low-mass atoms in a bulky solvent.
Nature 658, 613-615 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02970-y
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