1909-1911 Rutherford (and Geiger and Marsden) Some positively charged particles fired at gold foil ... to the atomic model Atoms can be broken down into smaller parts. An atom is made of tiny ...

The thinnest bands of gold - just a single atom layer thick - have been created using a century-old technique. The ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully fabricated gold sheets that measure only one atom in thickness. Named ‘goldene’, it has given gold new qualities that make it appropriate for ...