Stable Embedding of Gas Molecules in Ice (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Stable Embedding of Gas Molecules in Ice

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This illustration shows energetic gas phase molecules interacting with an ice surface, including the channel by which high-velocity molecules directly embed beneath the surface.

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Grant Langlois, Wenxin Li/University of Chicago

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