Atomic structure behaves like gears and torsion-springs to contribute to extreme compressibility
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 05:42
in Physics & Chemistry
You are about to enter the strange world of coordination geometries, where energy and atomic bonding interplay to give materials unusual properties, such as negative thermal expansion (you heat something and it gets smaller) and the ability to capture and store gas molecules in nano-sized pore spaces.