3D wavefunction photograph (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

3D wavefunction photograph

Caption

One of the 3D wavefunction photographs, here showing the highest-occupied molecular orbital of PTCDA, a molecule that is often used for the fabrication of red dyes due to the strong interaction with light. In the centre, a 3D representation is shown, while the side panels show slices through the orbital at 1 Å (one ten-billionth of a meter) away from the centre of the molecule.

Credit

Reproduced from Bennecke, W. et al. Nature Communications (2026), published under a CC 4.0 licence.

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