Metallic lattices do not contain fixed numbers of atoms. This means that the chemical formula used for a metal is simply the symbol for the element. For example, the formula for iron is Fe, even ...

A model showing how metallic bonds are formed - the first diagram shows the outer electrons in their atoms, and the second diagram shows that the electrons have become delocalised ...

One of the challenges in synthesizing 2D gold monolayers has been stabilizing isotropic metallic bonds in strictly 2D forms. To address this, the research team at Lund University and Hokkaido ...