image: RUDN University chemists derived molecules that can assemble into complex structures using chlorine and bromine halogen atoms. They bind to each other as "velcro" -- chlorine "sticks" to ...

Halogen atoms (Cl and Br) strongly influence the atmospheric chemical composition. Since 1970s, scientists discovered that these atoms were responsible for depletion of ozone in the stratosphere and ...

I was looking at the periodic table of the elements the other day, as one does, when my eye fell upon the right-hand side of the chart. Right next to the noble gases at the extreme edge of the table ...

A halogen or tungsten-halogen lamp is a high-pressure incandescent lamp containing a halogen gas such as iodine or bromine which allows the filament to be operated at a higher temperature than an ...

Halogenation, the introduction of fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine into organic frameworks, underpins the synthesis of numerous pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and functional materials.