I keep coming back to a strange idea: what if everything we know about quantum physics is already encoded inside a single atom? Not in a mystical sense, but in the very real way that one tiny system ...

5. Determine the Correct Lewis Structure: The correct Lewis structure is the one that best satisfies the octet rule, ...

This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the board game Subatomic: An Atom Building Game to help students learn about the different parts that make up an atom. During their turn, players can choose to ...

Wrong Connectivity: The order in which atoms are connected matters. For example, nitrous acid (HNO₂) has the structure HONO, ...

Alexey Petrov receives funding from US Department of Energy. What is the shape of an electron? If you recall pictures from your high school science books, the answer seems quite clear: an electron is ...

Figure 1: 3D determination of atomic coordinates, chemical species and grain structure of an FePt nanoparticle. Figure 2: 3D identification of grain boundaries and chemical order/disorder. Figure 3: ...