Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity

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Reading my daily mail I come across the above mentioned  heading. Two words caught my attention they are Supper atomic Nickel and unusual molecular properties. Supper and unusual properties are point to ponder and require more detail investigations. Super atoms are important structural elements in nanoscale organization and they possess unique physical and chemical properties and always differ from their parent molecules.

Superatom is a combination of two or more atoms that form a stable structural fragment. Their properties are different   unique physical, chemical properties and unusual chemical reactivity. 

Superatom acts as a single unit and is left unchanged during the reaction. As a result, it would be logical to consider superatoms as an elements of periodic table in nanoscale world.

Area of application of superatoms are in catalysis, material sciences, organometallic chemistry, and medical research.