Covalent bonding close covalent bondA bond between atoms formed when atoms share electrons to achieve a full outer shell of electrons. leads to the formation of substances with different types of ...

Recently, the unusual high-pressure cubic gauche structure of solid nitrogen (cg-N) was experimentally synthesized. Our first-principle calculations reveal that cg-N represents a new class of covalent ...

In addition, the team envisages that such chemical conversion can be extended to van der Waals heterostructures to obtain artificial hetero covalent solids. By layering atoms in a precisely chosen ...

The processes that give rise to changes in the microstructure and the physical and mechanical properties of solid metals and ceramics exposed to energetic particles ... These processes are similar in ...