covalent
Americanadjective
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Scientists had long believed those covalent bonds disappeared when gallium melted.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
To address these problems, a team led by Prof. Yoonseob KIM, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at HKUST, engineered redox covalent organic frameworks to function as QSSEs.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2026
Notably, for covalent glasses, the IRO is marked by atomic density fluctuations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
Classical computers have managed the calculation for molecules as large as pentacene, a chain of five hydrocarbon rings with 22 electrons in “pi” covalent bonds, which govern the molecule’s shape and reactivity.
From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2024
We, in brilliant contrast, are completely organized structures, squirming with information at every covalent bond.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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