Interactions between atoms and light rule the behavior of our physical world, but at the same time, can be extremely complex.

The decisive factor is often the arrangement of the molecules in the atomic lattice structure or on the ... certain properties by applying individual atoms and molecules to surfaces with the ...

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an ... This demonstration of atomic diffraction through a crystalline lattice could open doors to more sensitive instruments ...

This increases the occurrence of special transverse vibrations of certain oxygen atoms, increasing their distances from each other and widening the cavities in the lattice. This facilitates storage ...

Faculty III Process Sciences, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany Institut ...

A new breakthrough may help scientists solve some of the mysteries of the quantum realm. For the first time, physicists have been able to measure the geometrical 'shape' a lone electron adopts as it ...

Scientists have demonstrated that atoms can exhibit wave-like behavior, challenging long-held assumptions that experiments of this nature were impossible and opening new doors in quantum physics.