However, oxides with transition metals that straddle the subtle boundary between covalent, ionic and metallic bonding show copious ... clouds of electrons, the orbitals, move around and interact ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing ...

The behavior of the electrons in atoms is complex, forming electron orbitals that have different ... especially during bonding with other atoms. Understanding a material's properties requires ...

Spin-Coupled Generalized Valence Bond (SCGVB) theory provides the foundation for a compelling and comprehensive orbital model of the electronic structure of molecules, correcting the deficiencies ...

It is a sandwich with the rarest of fillings. Researchers have unveiled berkelocene, a compound containing the synthetic element berkelium nestled neatly between two ring-shaped molecules (Science ...