stability of the BeB11(CN)12 tri-anion tagged posts

A rendering of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom.

The particle could be used in battery creation and for other industrial purposes. A team in the lab of Puru Jena, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics in the College of Humanities and Sciences, has created the most stable tri-anion particle currently known to science. A tri-anion particle is a combination of atoms that contains three or more electrons than protons. This discovery is novel because previously known tri-anion particles were unstable due to their numerical imbalance. These unstable particles dispel additional electrons, interrupting chemical reactions.

Jena et al used quantum mechanical calculations to create computer models to prove the stability of the BeB11(CN)12 tri-anion...