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Chemically bonding atoms with nothing, instead of other atoms.
https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.113203
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A series of electric and magnetic pulses applied to an atom could cause one of its electrons to behave as if “bonded” to an empty point in space.
It goes without saying that a chemical bond requires, at the bare minimum, two consenting atoms. But a proposed experiment might reduce that requirement to just one, providing researchers with a new perspective on unusual chemical bonds.
https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.113203
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A series of electric and magnetic pulses applied to an atom could cause one of its electrons to behave as if “bonded” to an empty point in space.
It goes without saying that a chemical bond requires, at the bare minimum, two consenting atoms. But a proposed experiment might reduce that requirement to just one, providing researchers with a new perspective on unusual chemical bonds.
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