A team of scientists was recently able to observe how promethium forms chemical bonds when placed in an aqueous solution. Proving a hypothesis can be exciting, but witnessing something that has never ...
Study: Triplets electrically turn on insulating lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. Image Credit: Vershinin89/Shutterstock.com In a recent Nature article, researchers ...
X-ray transitions can be used to sense specific orbitals in lanthanide atoms on surfaces and map their electronic and spin configuration. In the figure, an atom of gadolinium (Gd) attached to a film ...