Size matters when it comes to atomic properties
E-Mail IMAGE: An illustration of potassium atoms undergoing changes in fundamental characteristics such as radius, energy and electronegativity as they are compressed by surrounding neon atoms view more Credit: Neuroncollective, Daniel Spacek, Pavel Travnicek A study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has yielded new answers to fundamental questions about the relationship between the size of an atom and its other properties, such as electronegativity and energy. The results pave the way for advances in future material development. For the first time, it is now possibl...
Source: eurekalert.org