Water molecules come in two varieties, or isomers, depending on how the spins of their two hydrogen atoms are oriented relative to one another. When the spins are parallel the molecules are known as ...

This study is led by Prof. Shaodong Zhou (College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University) and Prof. Xiao-Nan Wu (Department of Chemistry, Fudan University). The experiments ...

Even more unique is the water molecule’s ability to exist as two distinct nuclear configurations called spin isomers. The two spin isomers of water molecules differ based on the direction of the ...

e.g. alkenes and cycloalkanes can be isomers. Due to their different structures their physical properties (melting point, boiling point etc) are usually different. This diagram shows butane and ...