Many of the ionized xenon atoms are accelerated into the walls where their energy maintains the thermionic emission temperature.

These electrons, guided by magnetic rings around the chamber, hit the xenon atoms, knocking away one of the 54 electrons orbiting each atom's nucleus.

Besides spelling out I.B.M., they succeeded in creating chains of xenon atoms similar in form to molecules.

Dr. Eigler said in an interview that xenon atoms would ordinarily never arrange themselves in such a pattern.

They shot a beam of xenon atoms at a chilled crystal of nickel.

In addition to the IBM initials, they created chains of xenon atoms similar in form to molecules.

However, the xenon atom also has an electronic influence on the reactivity of the fullerene.

While xenon atoms are at their ground energy state, they repel each other and will not form a bond.

All eight valence electrons of xenon are involved in the bonds with the oxygen, and the oxidation state of the xenon atom is +8.

So far Happer has concentrated on producing polarised xenon atoms.