A group of researchers from Ehime University investigated valence electron configurations using light, expanding on prior studies of superconductors and quantum spin liquids. The findings were ...

In the new study, published Aug. 20 in the journal Physical Review Letters, the researchers accomplished this incredible feat by imaging how a valence electron — an electron in the outer shell of an ...

TEN YEARS AGO, Ahmed H. Zewail won the Nobel Prize for using femtosecond spectroscopy to study atomic motions during chemical reactions. Emerging now from Zewail's pioneering work is the ability to ...

The attachment of an electron to a neutral molecule represents one of the most fundamental chemical transformations with importance in many branches of science and technology. It is the primary ...

You probably learned in high school chemistry class that core electrons don't participate in chemical bonding.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Energy conversion cycles are aimed at driving unfavorable, small-molecule activation reactions with a photon harnessed by a transition metal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A simple expression is presented which can be used to estimate the mean free paths of electrons in solid organic insulators as a function of ...

My jaw dropped as a student stood up in the middle of my high school chemistry class and protested the change in his assigned seat after I’d moved him from his previous one to the back row. Moments ...

For the first time, scientists have used ultrafast X-ray flashes to take a direct image of a single electron as it moved during a chemical reaction. In the new study, published Aug. 20 in the journal ...

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.