An Ion milling system is a sample preparation apparatus that can section a surface very cleanly by applying an argon plasma ion beam to the sample. Because an ion mill removes material on an atomic ...

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A cation refers to an atom or a group of atoms that bear one or multiple positive electric charges. An anion refers to an atom or a group of atoms that bear one or multiple negative electric charges.

Researchers have discovered the world's strongest base: the gas-phase lithium monoxide anion, LiO - (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 7647). The compound wins out over the methyl anion, CH 3-, ...

Sometimes, all it takes to capture a great photo is a DSLR camera, a microscopic atom, and a curious Ph.D. candidate. David Nadlinger, who traps atoms for his quantum computing research at the ...