Attoseconds break into atomic interior Date: February 26, 2018 Source: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Summary: A newly developed laser technology has enabled physicists to generate ...

Ring-shaped molecules like benzene, which is the essential precursor in many drugs and plastics, are called aromatic when a particular orbital shell is filled by six electrons, 10 electrons, 14 ...

The atom regains stability, filling the vacancy left in the inner orbital shell with an electron from one of the atom's higher quantum energy orbital shells. The electron drops to the lower energy ...

News & Views Published: July 2009 Theoretical chemistry Magnetic superatoms R. Bruce King Nature Chemistry 1, 260–261 (2009) Cite this article ...

Doug Linebarrier, a visiting chemistry professor at Wake Forest University, brings an unusual visual aid to his lectures on the topic: this stained-glass artwork he made based on an electron ...