Artificial 'superatoms' for a new periodic table

Chemistry World ^ | 7 June 2013 | Simon Hadlington

[JoeDetweiler]

Jeez, I wish I was young and in school again!

[NonValueAdded]

just damn!

[GraceG]

Call me when they ave developed “Dilithium” “Durainium” and “Tritanium” I wanna build me a starship...

[Eepsy]

Superatomic transparent aluminum- someone ping me when this happens.

[skinkinthegrass]

I just wanta survive the O'Butcrack years.....

[Fzob]

Chemistry bump

[kidd]

Interesting stuff
But it is goofy to talk about a new periodic table
The periodic table groups ‘elements’
Each element is defined by the number of protons in its nucleus
The paper describes compounds that share electrons in a unique way, but there is no change in the nucleus

BTW - the periodic table is already three dimensional. Each element has different isotopes...different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus

[Olog-hai]

Dilithium already exists, but only in the gaseous phase.

[Dr. Sivana]

Those look like the little candies they used to put in the toy doctors’ kits...sometimes located next to the candy cigarettes.

[VRW Conspirator]

Great! now we can build a portable nuclear (how do I pronounce that?) reactor.

[colinhester]

Was thinking the same thing...

[Aevery_Freeman]

Those were exactly my thoughts when I read the article - man, are you a geek!

Just kidding.

I have been eagerly anticipating the "island of stability" predicted by further stability of nuclei around Z=247.

[Born to Conserve]

“Super atoms”.
We called these molecules when I was in school.

[epluribus_2]

How old would you be if you did not know how old you are?
Also - teaching company DVDs are at many libraries.
Why should the snot nose kids have all the fun?

[Hoodat]

But it is goofy to talk about a new periodic table The periodic table groups ‘elements’ Each element is defined by the number of protons in its nucleus The paper describes compounds that share electrons in a unique way, but there is no change in the nucleus

Correct. I'm not sure what the 'Et' is in Co₆Se₈(PEt₃)₆.

[neverdem]

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/cm950378%2B

I think it’s a triethyl phosphate moiety, IMHO.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

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[neverdem]

Correction: make that 6 triethyl phosphorus moieties within the overall molecule, Cr₆Te₈(PEt₃)₆, one of the examples given.

[LibWhacker]

The properties of these “nanoscale atoms” could be widely tuned by synthetic methods and the resulting opportunities to engineer new crystalline materials with tailored optical, electrical and magnetic properties are extensive.’

I have no significant background in chemistry, but my imagination is running wild here... Why hasn't the Pentagon clamped a lid on this research? Does the research have no application, say, to explosives, among other things of interest to the Pentagon? Seems to me it potentially could have, especially when the researchers begin talking about a "limitless" number of possibilities and applications.