Scientists have created a molecule of superatoms

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Ученые впервые создали молекулы из суператомовTo do this, scientists have used cobalt and selenium, as well as ORGANOMETALLIC compounds.

Researchers from Columbia University in new York created the first molecules from superatoms — clusters of atoms that can mimic the properties of other elements in the periodic system. To do this, scientists have used cobalt and selenium, as well as ORGANOMETALLIC compounds. An article describing the results, published in the journal Nano Letters.

Chemists began to create superatom, when he discovered that clusters of connected atoms have the properties of elements of another type. In superatomic electrons accumulate in shells around a Central nucleus, and their number and energy level determine the chemical properties. In nature there are no such objects, but scientists have taken the next step and joined the artificial atoms with each other, creating super.

The researchers built a core of six cobalt atoms and eight atoms of selenium. After that, the chemists attached to the received superatom organic molecules containing metal, which could connect with each other, forming an analogue of the chemical bond. According to scientists, by manipulating the number and composition of the elements that can give future superbeasto” magnetic and conductive properties.

The authors plan to create large complexes of superatoms with the necessary characteristics that could serve as the basis for the development of new electronic devices and sensors.

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