Secret lives of two elements uncovered

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The cluster above is an ideal structural and reactivity model for niobate and tantalate surfaces such as those used for metal surgical implants. In the cluster the red spheres are oxygen the blue spheres are niobium or tantalum. The white lines are p ...
The cluster above is an ideal structural and reactivity model for niobate and tantalate surfaces, such as those used for metal surgical implants. In the cluster, the red spheres are oxygen, the blue spheres are niobium or tantalum. The white lines are pointing to the different types of oxygen present on the surface and cluster, and the yellow slab is the niobium or tantalum oxide surface. Credit: SNL

Unexpected differences recently discovered between the elements niobium and tantalum may lead to more optimized electronic materials and photocatalysts.


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