Sentences with phrase «rhodium atoms»

Their initial work showed that the catalyst worked as a molecule that contained a core of four rhodium atoms in a tetrahedron, or a triangular pyramid, with each corner decorated with boron and other elements.

When a pair of chemical targets — n this case, carbon monoxide gas and chloride ions — approach, the rhodium atoms cut their ties to nearby sulfur atoms and latch onto the targets instead.

Not exact matches

Seeking such a strategy, researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, created an organic ring - shaped molecule with four metal atoms: two zincs and two rhodiums.

But the rhodium and other atoms could line up in dozens of configurations in the molecule.