Pictures of Atomic Orbitals
We have all seen pictures of atomic and molceular orbitals in textbooks. Those pictures are generated either simply as artists impressions, or as a result of computer calculations. Observations of actual orbitals are very rare! However, using a unique electron scattering method, ASU Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Michael O'Keeffe and Physics Professor John Spence obtained pictures of the orbitals of the Copper-Oxygen bonds in the mineral cuprite.
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