Crystal Structure of Na2He (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Crystal Structure of Na2He

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Crystal structure of Na2He, resembling a three-dimensional checkerboard. The purple spheres represent sodium atoms, which are inside the green cubes that represent helium atoms. The red regions inside voids of the structure show areas where localized electron pairs reside.

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Illustration is provided courtesy of Artem R. Oganov.

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