A combination of theory and experiment is shedding new light on the structural and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters ... near the magic number of 18 valence electrons by filling the ...

A METHOD has been developed by Born by which the scattering of electrons by single atoms can be worked out on the wave mechanics. The method has been used to calculate the variation of elastic ...

Valence electrons with quantum properties are also expected to exhibit emergent phenomena, making these crystals essential for studying novel material functionalities. However, the extent to which ...

gold should have fairly similar properties to silver, with its 47 protons and electrons, and a lone electron in the outermost or "valence" shell. Yet silver (Ag) is more reactive than gold ...