Electron orbitals show where and how electrons move around atomic nuclei and molecules. In modern chemistry and physics, they have proven to be a useful model for quantum mechanical description and ...

The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was experimentally observed for the first time by a team led by Nagoya University in Japan. As the ...

The Jahn-Teller effect, proposed by Jahn and Teller in 1937, describes how molecules or crystals with degenerate electronic orbitals can lower their total energy by distorting their structure. This ...

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have become a cornerstone in display and lighting technologies, driving the demand for efficient organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials ...

Researchers from the University of Twente, in the Netherlands, say that they have gained “important insights” into photons, which “behave in an amazingly greater variety than electrons surrounding ...

A Rutgers-led team of physicists discovered a new explanation for the 'hidden order' puzzle that has vexed physicists for 30 years. In an extremely pure crystalline sample of a uranium, ruthenium and ...

Often depicted as colorful balloons or clouds, electron orbitals provide information on the whereabouts of electrons in molecules, a bit like fuzzy snapshots. In order to understand the exchange of ...

Rocket Lab smashes its launch record in 2025, closing the year with 21 straight successes and a Japanese satellite launch.