An international team of researchers built a highly sensitive quantum microscope and used it to directly observe, for the ...

Ammonia complexes represent a versatile class of compounds that have attracted considerable interest due to their unique electronic structures and emergent reactivity. These systems, which involve the ...

New research shows that the electronic structure of metals can strongly affect their mechanical properties. New research from the University of Birmingham shows that the electronic structure of metals ...

Obtaining a solution to the many-electron Schrödinger equation stands as one of the grand challenges in chemistry and physics. Highly accurate solutions are achievable for relatively small systems ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...

The image taken with the scanning tunnelling microscope shows the phosphorus atoms arranged in short chains on a silver substrate. For the first time, a team at BESSY II has succeeded in demonstrating ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that self-assembled phosphorus chains can host genuinely one-dimensional electron behavior. Using advanced imaging and spectroscopy techniques, they ...