Atoms are the fundamental components of matter, made up of three subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons. The structure of atoms determines the properties and behavior of different ...

Atomic Number and Mass Number of Elements: Atoms are the building blocks of matter. They are responsible for the format of all living and non-living things. Understanding their molecular structure and ...

In these ultra-cold atomic ensembles, the ionization of single atoms with laser fields prepares the first building block of the molecule -- the ion. Additional laser beams excite a second atom into ...

Mrs Roberts: What do you think you're made of? Mr Spellman: Big question. Grit, determination, hard-working, handsome, charming, funny. Mrs Roberts: Well, I guess. But you're actually made of atoms.

Materials with reduced dimensionality have attracted much interest in various fields of fundamental and applied science. True one-dimensional (1D) crystals with single-atom thickness have been ...

Highly charged ions are—although seemingly exotic—a very natural form of visible matter. All the matter in our sun and in all other stars is highly ionized, for example. In many ways, however, highly ...

Scientists from the PTB and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), both Germany, have carried out pioneering optical measurements of highly charged ions with unprecedented precision. To ...