Superhalogens: New Class Of Magic Atomic Clusters Discovered

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Superhalogens: New Class of Magic Atomic Clusters Discovered

 

This image illustrates MnxCl2x+1clusters - new class of magnetic superhalogens.The violet and green spheres represent Mn and Cl atoms, respectively. (Credit: Image courtesy of Puru Jena, Ph.D./VCU, and Anil Kandalam, Ph.D./McNeese State University)

 

ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2011) — An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of magnetic superhalogens -- a class of atomic clusters able to exhibit unusual stability at a specific size and composition, which may be used to advance materials science by allowing scientists to create a new class of salts with magnetic and super-oxidizing properties not previously found.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110211124613.htm