More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms ...

Found in knee replacements and bone plates, aircraft components, and catalytic converters, the exceptionally strong metals known as multiple principal element alloys (MPEA) are about to get even ...

This is a key problem, because, under their proposed structure, state tax revenue would be necessary to pay debt service on bonds for at least 25 years. "On the income tax side, the new full-time ...

In the world of chemistry, getting polymers (long chains of large molecules) to form mechanical bonds inside their structures has proven extremely challenging. Unlike chemical bonds, which involve ...

"We present hexagonal metallic-mean approximants of the honeycomb lattice, which bridge the gap between quasicrystals and incommensurately modulated structures," says Koga. Aperiodicity is closely ...

which drive various package structure options ... The MEMS wire bonds, bond pads, and substrate bond fingers have been protected by special coating due to condensation risk on exposed metallic ...

"Prepaid gas bonds can provide supply with good credit quality and structure," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics. "Each party in this deal benefits in some way," said Seema ...

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rate – the only alternative to the World Bank’s bond is the IMF’s SDR account, which (for advanced economies) is functionally illiquid. Such a funding structure, if paired for example with ...

† Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States ‡ Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, ...

A new North Carolina law aimed at keeping people charged with violent crimes off the streets has changed the process for setting the bond amount required for getting out of jail, but it may cause ...

(b) In canonical structures there is a difference in the arrangement of atoms. (c) Hybrid orbitals form stronger bonds than pure orbitals. (d) VSEPR Theory can explain the square planar geometry ...