Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms (clusters of 13 silver atoms, for example) behave in the same way as individual atoms and have opened up a whole new branch of chemistry.