An international team has tracked at BESSY II how heavy molecules -- in this case bromochloromethane -- disintegrate into smaller fragments when they absorb X-ray light. Using a newly developed ...

The X-ray photons trigger a ‘molecular catapult effect’: light atomic groups are ejected first, similar to projectiles shot from a catapult, while the heavier atoms – bromine and chlorine – separate ...

The X-ray photons trigger a ‘molecular catapult effect’: light atomic groups are ejected first, similar to projectiles shot from a catapult, while the heavier atoms – bromine and chlorine – separate ...