Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Mon, 06/30/2008 - 23:00

(Delft University of Technology) Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals.

Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms (clusters of 13 silver atoms, for example) behave in the same way as individual atoms and have opened up a whole new branch of chemistry.

A full account can be read in the new edition of TU Delft magazine Delft Outlook.

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