"how atoms are bonded to one another in a crystal, because the bonding creates small shifts in the energy signatures "
I may be a humble college chemisty student, but I can see you are all taking this way too literally. Obviously it isn't a visible color (Wavelength of about 3.9e-7m to about 7e-7m) but the point is that the spectrum goes anywhere from long radio waves (several meters) to gamma rays and shorter (1e-11m and less)
The awesomely cool part is not the "color"; it is the fact that they can "see" the bonds instead of just infering their pressence. (I don't know if there is another way to directly observe chemical bonds but feel free to call me out on it.)
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"how atoms are bonded to one another in a crystal, because the bonding creates small shifts in the energy signatures " I may be a humble college chemisty student, but I can see you are all taking this way too literally. Obviously it isn't a visible color (Wavelength of about 3.9e-7m to about 7e-7m) but the point is that the spectrum goes anywhere from long radio waves (several meters) to gamma rays and shorter (1e-11m and less) The awesomely cool part is not the "color"; it is the fact that they can "see" the bonds instead of just infering their pressence. (I don't know if there is another way to directly observe chemical bonds but feel free to call me out on it.)