Drexel University

Taking an X-Ray of an Atomic Bond

Understanding the behavior of materials at their interfaces — where they connect to and interact with other materials — is central to engineering a variety of devices used to process, store and ...
C&EN

Researchers create first solid with Be–Be bond

For the first time, researchers have created a solid compound containing a beryllium-beryllium bond (Science 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4419). The compound is diberyllocene, in which each beryllium ...
Semiconductor Engineering

AFM-Based Protocol for Characterizing the Incipient Stages of Plasticity on Hybrid Bonding-Ready Copper Pads (NIST, Intel, Colorado School of Mines)

A new technical paper titled “Probing the Nanoscale Onset of Plasticity in Electroplated Copper for Hybrid Bonding Structures via Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy” was published by researchers at ...
C&EN

Where the hydrogen bond ends and the covalent bond begins

The latest short science news items from C&EN. Open an introductory chemistry textbook. What is a covalent bond? A covalent bond occurs when atoms share electrons in a molecule. What is a hydrogen ...
The Conversation

Before he developed the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early work revolutionized the field of quantum chemistry – and his theory is still used today

Aaron W. Harrison does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...