For example, the atomic number of sodium is 11. Every sodium atom has 11 protons and 11 electrons. It has 11 positive charges and 11 negative charges. Atoms of different elements usually have ...
Atoms with more than 4 valence electrons tend to gain electrons to achieve a stable configuration, forming negative ions ...
Defect-free pattern of 100 atomic qubits: a new platform for scalable quantum computing. Credit: Gerhard Birkl Neutral atoms trapped by light in arrays of dipole traps could be used as quantum bits ...