Sentences with word «superatom»

Sets of superatoms have been linked up to make molecules for the first time — these could be the building blocks for new kinds of magnetic or conductive materials

The quantum waves of all the atoms overlap so that, in some sense, a BEC is like a gigantic superatom.

Further calculations reveal that C28 in this structure should behave as a sort of hollow superatom with an effective valence of 4.

Even though c60 is known to contain «empty states» (of a very special nature known as buckyball superatom states, BSS) capable of accepting electrons, these states are found at very high energies, a feature that makes them difficult to exploit in electronic devices.

Maybe we should, now that we have a new class of chemical building blocks called superatoms — atomic clusters that behave like individual atoms.

Identical bosons, on the other hand, begin to act like a single, unified superatom, known as a Bose - Einstein condensate.

But the possibilities don't end there; with continued research, the team hopes to add more members to the superatom family, Castleman says.

Their matter waves will spread out and overlap with one another, eventually coordinating themselves to behave as if they were one big «superatom.»