All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 39
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ResearchThe big bang theory inspires discovery of new compound BaZnGa!
Fictional physicist Sheldon Cooper’s catchphrase has been brought to life in the lab
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ResearchPolar solvents promote halogen bonds over hydrogen ones
Solvent decides bonding battle winner in supramolecular systems
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ResearchSeaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later
Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
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OpinionNickel catalyst couples alcohols and carbon dioxide
Flexibility and low cost make nickel a firm favourite in catalysis
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ResearchDDT surprises with new, overlooked form of the pesticide
Highly controversial pesticide has a second more lethal crystal form missed for almost 80 years
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ResearchChemists unravel why humans aren’t constantly bursting into flames
Strong π-bonding holds the secret to taming dioxygen diradicals
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PodcastGallium nitride
Despite early setbacks, this conducting crystal shows great promise across a wide range of electronics
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ResearchBismuth drug structure solved
After over three centuries of mystery, the structure of bismuth subgallate has finally been uncovered
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ResearchGiant ‘supersnowflakes’ start to lay
Self-assembled supramolecular structures overcome previous limitations
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PodcastCaesium chloride
A compound found in mineral water that is also used in medical treatments and solar cells
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ResearchScientists get charged up over titanium dioxide
Groups debate usefulness of conventional +4 titanium oxidation state compared to +2.5 charge state
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Research+2 lead hydride is world’s first
Organo-lead compound completes +2 hydride puzzle of heavy group 14 elements
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ResearchAnion confounds expectations with its electron-loving nature
A boron cluster is the first example of a dipole-distinguishing electrophilic anion
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ResearchHydrogens squeezed into record-breaking proximity
Shortest van der Waals interaction beats previous record holder by 0.051Å
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Research‘Pink phosphorus’ caged in carbon nanotubes
Highly reactive white phosphorus seen linking up to make new 1D form on way to red allotrope of the element
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ResearchHypothetical molecule might take wing in bird geometry
Yet-to-be-synthesised iodabenzene could be stabilised by functional groups that support a bird-shaped isomer