One of the defining characteristics of metals is the way they are held together. Essentially, a lattice of metal ions sits in a sea of delocalised electrons and this acts as a kind of glue that binds ...

While studying materials made from DNA-coated nanoparticles, researchers found a new form of this matter: lattices in which smaller particles roam like electrons in metallic bonds. Chad Mirkin didn’t ...

The term ‘ice’ refers to the solid state of a substance usually found as liquid or gas. The ices of water and ammonia are important isoelectronic hydrogen-bonded molecular compounds. Hydrogen bonds ...

Figure 1: One-atomic-layer superconducting metal films of Pb and In. Figure 3: Superconducting vortices in the SIC-Pb phase. As for the intra-overlay metallic bonding, the development of nearly ...