covalent
Americanadjective
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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
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
"The covalent bonding between the dopant and oxygen atoms makes the problematic release of oxygen less energetically favorable, and therefore less likely to occur," says Kobayashi.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
These covalent linkages serve to disperse internal stress caused by volume expansion during lithium-ion battery operation, alleviating the changes in micro silicon volume and enhancing structural stability.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Ms. Faraci stood at the Smart Board trying to explain covalent bonds, which we were supposed to have reviewed the previous night.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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