Chemical bonding is one of the central organizing principles of the microscopic world. It determines how atoms combine and thereby governs a wide range of physical and chemical properties of quantum ...

The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was experimentally observed for the first time by a team led by Nagoya University in Japan. As the ...

Crystalline materials with extreme thermal conductivities, either exceptionally high or low, are technologically crucial for various applications, such as harvesting, generating, managing, and ...