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We are delighted to welcome Alejandro Cortés Villena as a new guest researcher and Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow in the Guldi Group (Chair of Physical Chemistry I) at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Alejandro obtai...

It is taught at an early stage that main group atoms strive to collect eight electrons in their valence shell. This octet rule is the origin for the total inertness of the element Ne. It also explains the high stability of F– and O2– anions. However, when charges get higher the anions rapidly becom...

Heat at the push of a button – but only up to a precisely defined temperature. What may initially sound like a technical detail is crucial for many applications: in cancer therapy, healthy tissue must not overheat, while in polymer-based materials, adhesive bonds should be selectively released with...