Norman Campbell discusses the problem of the possible consistency of the assumptions about the motion and arrangement of electrons in the atom underlying ... theory of atomic structure, and ...

1 The electronic structure of sodium can also be shown in a diagram. Each dot represents an electron. Since the atomic number of oxygen is 8, it will have 8 protons in the nucleus. An atom of ...

Recently, a team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ...

The chemical environment of specific surface and bulk sites in catalyst particles can now be explored one atom column at ... The electronic structure at the atomic scale of ultrathin gate oxides.

Humanity has been creating new materials since the age of bronze (which does not occur naturally) and since the breakthrough ...

University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

Notably, the team introduced an innovative approach that integrates synchrotron resonant soft X-ray diffraction—a powerful tool for studying atomic structure—with probe-assisted solid-state ...

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Green hydrogen from water splitting has emerged as a critical energy vector with the potential to spearhead the global ...