Osaka, Japan – The arrangement of small molecules – known as ligands – around transition metal atoms affects how the metal atoms behave. This is important because transition metals are used as ...

The tetrahedral geometry of four-coordinate carbon atoms is a steadfast property of organic compounds. Nevertheless, chemists are still attracted to the possibility of twisting or squashing a ...

(Nanowerk News) Silicon, a semi-metal, bonds in its natural form with four other elements and its three-dimensional structure takes the form of a tetrahedron. For a long time, it seemed impossible to ...