Atomic orbitals are the quantum states of the individual electrons in the electron cloud around a single atom. Specifically, atomic orbitals are the quantum states of the individual electrons in ...

The fragmented electron cloud distribution observed in the experiment demonstrates the quantum mechanical wave nature of electrons, as predicted by physics.

In the electron cloudPosted: April 16, 2010 In the electron cloud (Nanowerk News) The chemistry between atoms and molecules is strongly determined by their outer electron orbitals, or clouds, which ...

A team of scientists has found evidence for a new type of electron pairing that may broaden the search for new high-temperature superconductors. The findings provide the basis for a unifying ...

The electron is never located in one specific place at one particular time, but rather exists in a cloud-like or fog-like state, spread throughout a volume of space representing the entire atom.

A single electron cloud in molecular nitrogen has been photographed. The snapshot is recorded so rapidly that it might become possible to image electron clouds as they change during fundamental ...

Doug Linebarrier, a visiting chemistry professor at Wake Forest University, brings an unusual visual aid to his lectures on the topic: this stained-glass artwork he made based on an electron ...

Five years later, scientists were able to peer inside a hydrogen atom using a " quantum microscope," resulting in the first direct observation of electron orbitals.

Chemistry textbooks typically include illustrations of atoms, but with caveats. The drawings depict atomic nuclei surrounded by electron orbitals—fuzzy spheres, barbells, tripods, and so on ...