Wouldn't it be nice if we could measure the mechanical forces applied in atoms at the moment of breakage? Thanks to today's technology, it has already been made possible.
 
 Using a high-resolution atomic force microscope (AFM), researchers from Princeton University, the University of Texas-Austin, and ExxonMobil recorded the breaking of a single chemical bond between a carbon atom (which was from a carbon monoxide molecule) and an iron atom (from iron phthalocyanine). The findings could have applications for biochemistry, materials science, and energy technologies. The said findings were reported in a paper recently published in Nature Communications.
 
 Now, scientists know the amount of force needed to break a single chemical bond.
 
 Learn more about this study over at <a href="https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2021/10/04/researchers-measure-breakup-single-chemical-bond" alt="Princeton University" class="on">Princeton University</a>.
 
 
 (Image Credit: Pengcheng Chen et al.)
 
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(Image Credit: Pengcheng Chen et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25932-6" alt="via Nature" class="on">via Nature</a>)

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