Inorganic chemistry – Page 11
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ResearchSuperheavy oganesson is a semiconductor
The heaviest element known continues to defy the rules of the periodic table
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OpinionThe third degree on actinide covalency
The often ignored elements are attracting chemists’ attention again
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ResearchIonisation energy of promethium fills one of the last holes in periodic table
Experiment puts an end to 75-year-old mystery
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ResearchFirst isolable thorium nitride complex made
Researchers use new complex to probe covalency of actinide–ligand double bonds
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ResearchChiral borane complexes catalyse new synthesis opportunities
N-heterocyclic carbene-borane complexes with a rare stereogenic boron centre demonstrate potential in stereoselective catalysis
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ResearchFirst atom-thick perovskites show there’s no limits to crystallinity
Could 2D perovskite oxides become the next graphene?
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FeatureVictor Ninov and the element that never was
20 years on, Kit Chapman investigates how a scientific scandal unfolded
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ResearchBrown ring molecule defies the very definition of oxidation state
Classic nitrate test compound isolated for the first time challenges chemistry governing body’s ideas on oxidation state
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ResearchCurious colours expose f-electron covalency effects
New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
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ResearchStrange bonds entirely new to chemists predicted in ammonia hydrides
High pressure compound containing bridging hydrogen cations might be found inside Neptune and Uranus
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ResearchNew rule predicts stabilising aromaticity in open-shell metal clusters
Magic numbers for jellium aromaticity could help researchers find stable high-spin molecules
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ResearchSpin sensor promises atomic-scale magnetic imaging
Nickelocene-tip scanning tunnelling microscope provides measurements to challenge quantum theory calculations
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ResearchMystery around actinides deepens as researchers challenge study on heavy elements’ origin
Was a giant supernova rather than a neutron star collision responsible for creating the solar system’s actinides?
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ResearchNew compounds make dissolving gold simpler and safer
Polypseudohalogen-based ionic liquid offers innovative way to recycle electronics
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ResearchBizarre ice XVIII is an oxygen ion crystal swimming in a sea of protons
High pressure superionic form of water may hold clues to behaviour of giant icy planets in our solar system
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OpinionThe criteria for discovering a new element
Why the rules are changing in the search for superheavies
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ResearchPutting water in a spin harnesses proton magnetism
Exceptionally high rotation speed NMR measures the nuclear Barnett effect
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ResearchViolent stellar collision near early solar system created actinides
A single neutron star merger produced almost all curium and plutonium that ever existed in the solar system
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NewsHow do you scrap a nuclear submarine?
The UK is facing a £7.5 billion bill to dismantle its 20 defunct vessels
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ResearchFullerene cage stabilises first yttrium–yttrium single bond
Rare experimental evidence of direct metal–metal bonding between the often-overlooked rare earth elements