Covalent bonds found in alpha plutonium clarify its unusual atomic structure

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...
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Atomic neighborhoods in semiconductors provide new avenue for designing microelectronics

Inside the microchips powering the device you're reading this on, the atoms have a hidden order all their own. A team led by ...

Scientists visualize atomic structures in moiré materials

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have ...
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Atomic Ordering Discovery Opens Avenues for Semiconductor Design

A team led by Berkeley and GWU working with the U of A's Center for Manipulation of Atomic Ordering for Manufacturing Semiconductors confirmed that atoms in semiconductors arrange themselves in ...
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Atom-thin crystal with dual magnetism makes memory chips 10x more efficient

New 2D magnetic material enables ultra-efficient memory, reducing energy consumption by a factor of ten. Digital data will ...
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Atomic number and mass number

For example, the atomic number of chlorine is 17. Every chlorine atom has 17 protons and 17 electrons. It has 17 positive charges and 17 negative charges, meaning that it is neutral overall. Atoms of ...
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Visualizing Atomic Structures Within Ultrathin Bilayer 2D Materials

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...