I am completing my survey of the vote for molecule of the year candidates, which this year seems focused on chemical records of one type or another.
Posts Tagged ‘Matter’
Molecules of the year? Pnictogen chains and 16 coordinate Cs.
Monday, December 19th, 2016Tags:chemical publishing, chemical records, human chemical perception, Interesting chemistry, Matter, metal, Molecule, Nature, search query, search software, Voting
Posted in crystal_structure_mining | 2 Comments »
Allotropic halogens.
Sunday, April 26th, 2015Allotropes are differing structural forms of the elements. The best known example is that of carbon, which comes as diamond and graphite, along with the relatively recently discovered fullerenes and now graphenes. Here I ponder whether any of the halogens can have allotropes.
Tags:Allotropy, Bromine, Carbon, Chemical elements, Chemistry, free energy barrier, Fullerene, Halogen, Hypobromite, Matter, Nonmetals, Oxidizing agents, Oxygen, pence
Posted in reaction mechanism | 9 Comments »