The fascinating patterns of hydrogen orbitals that form at different energy levels are static objects, calculated by detailed computer modelling. They are snapshots of hydrogen atoms frozen in time.

These experiments show that the periodic electron orbitals around nuclei are described by coherent superpositions of quantum-mechanical stationary states. ... That is, the Hamiltonian of the hydrogen ...

Near-Infrared Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water Using a Polypyridyl Triruthenium Photosensitizer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2017; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708996 Cite This Page : ...

Five years later, scientists were able to peer inside a hydrogen atom using a "quantum microscope," resulting in the first direct observation of electron orbitals.

What you’re looking at is the first direct observation of an atom’s electron orbital — an atom's actual wave function! To capture the image, researchers ...