Weak hydrogen bonds dethrone copper as the most stable metal binder, opening a new path for metal selection
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- Copper has been knocked off the top of a stability ranking it had dominated for decades. Without altering the atoms directly bonded to the metal, a KAIST research team reversed the longstanding trend in which copper generally forms the most stable complexes by tuning only the weak hydrogen bonds…