Any practical applications? Didn't see anything.tggzzz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:18 pm Small and light electrons tunnelling through barriers is ... old and boring.
So how about hydrogen atoms tunnelling through barriers?
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.5c00943
and an easier exposition at
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/tunnel-away
Interesting findings on the internet
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Re: Interesting findings on the internet
An old gray beard with an attitude. I don't bite.....sometimes 
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
One day, sir, you may tax it ;}MED6753 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:52 pmAny practical applications? Didn't see anything.tggzzz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:18 pm Small and light electrons tunnelling through barriers is ... old and boring.
So how about hydrogen atoms tunnelling through barriers?
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.5c00943
and an easier exposition at
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/tunnel-away
Looks like it is the kind of thing that might appear in drug synthesis and in-vivo.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
There's always a need for better catalysts and a better understanding of catalytic processes.
Re: Interesting findings on the internet
I remember school chemistry lessons, which repeatedly avoided discussions of how catalysts work.
In the succeeding decades the reason teachers avoided that subject have become clearer.