Researchers discover ‘superatoms’ with magnetic shells
Researchers discover 'superatoms' with magnetic shells, magnetic superatoms, magnetic moment, magnetic character, magnesium A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a new class of 'superatoms' – a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table – with unusual magnetic characteristics. The superatom contains magnetized magnesium atoms, an element traditionally considered as non-magnetic. [...]