Imagine a future where factories produce new materials and chemical compounds more quickly, more efficiently, and at lower cost. Picture laptops that handle complex computations in seconds or supercomputers that can learn and adapt almost like the human brain. These kinds of breakthroughs all depend on one thing: how electrons behave inside matter.
Researchers at Auburn University have developed an entirely new class of materials that gives scientists precise control over these tiny particles. Their work, published in ACS Materials Letters, introduces a way to adjust interactions between isolated-metal molecular complexes known as solvated electron precursors, where electrons move freely through open spaces instead of remaining attached to atoms.
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