Electron orbitals show where and how electrons move around atomic nuclei and molecules. In modern chemistry and physics, they have proven to be a useful model for quantum mechanical description and ...

The lanthanide elements’ 4f electron orbitals are notoriously shy and retiring, and they were long thought to be unwilling partners in chemical bonding. Now chemists have brought out a surprising ...

Outrageous orbitals: An image of the various photonic orbital shapes observed. (Courtesy: M Kozon et al., Phys. Rev. B 109, 235141, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB ...

The properties of equivalent orbitals, as defined in previous parts, are examined in more detail. It is shown that the character of an equivalent set can be deduced knowing the symmetry group of a ...