binding energy

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Chemists traditionally think about surface catalysis based on the chemical binding energy of molecules to active sites on the surface, which influences the amount of energy needed for the reaction, he says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

One attribute that influences the optoelectronic property of these organic semiconductors is their "exciton binding energy," which is the energy needed to divide an exciton into its negative and positive constituents.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Both materials have semiconducting properties like silicon, but unlike silicon, they can also withstand high temperatures and radiation because of their wide electronic bandgap and high atomic binding energy.

From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2023

The nickel-based MOF has a near ideal binding energy of 14 kJ/mol, because the nickel atoms attract the slightly polar hydrogen molecule through weak electrostatic forces, Long explains.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

There were no acceleration dampers, no temporal compensators, no autopilot, no four-space computer, and the primaries operated on nuclear rather than binding energy.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)