Facts about Bonding

      Facts about bonding:

• By applying strain during bond formation, Professors from NC State influenced the assembly of Silicon crystals
• Optical Spectroscopy was used by these professors to examine what was happening to the Silicon crystal when strain was applied
• Strain has been used to affect overall chemistry for a long time, but is wasn't until now that people payed special attention to how it affects one single bond
• Even when applying a small amount of strain to a bond, it has the ability to increase the reactivity of the bond in a certain direction and therefore could cause structural changes