A New Era of Highly Charged Ions: The Next Generation of Optical Atomic Clocks
A periodic table of highly charged ions
Chunhai Lyu et al. (2025)
A groundbreaking new version of the periodic table of elements has recently been unveiled, promising to revolutionize the field of atomic clocks with the discovery of hundreds of highly charged ions.
Originally conceptualized by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, the periodic table organizes the 118 known chemical elements based on their unique chemical properties. This systematic arrangement has not only facilitated the identification of missing elements but has also paved the way for groundbreaking discoveries in the realm of chemistry.
