Obtaining a solution to the many-electron Schrödinger equation stands as one of the grand challenges in chemistry and physics. Highly accurate solutions are achievable for relatively small systems ...

Partisans are clashing over which elements belong in group 3, where helium should go ... scientists could now see that it was electronic structure that largely dictated elements’ properties ...

Heavier main-group elements have fundamentally different electronic properties from their ... masked by similarities in the stoichiometry, structure and chemical behaviour of the known compounds.