从原子到超原子的原子层次新机遇

From atom to superatom:A new opportunity at atomic level

为何超原子如此重要?从发展过程来体会,是因为终于可以把纷繁复杂的团簇结构以量子力学属性实现物理规律把握,从而为以团簇作为基元的物性表征与调控包括相关的制造和功能应用提供了基于原子层次的抓手.因此可认为,由团簇科技发展到超原子的物理学研究是必然的,所以我们提出了超原子物理学的概念和范畴.超原子作为归属于分子的多原子复杂系统,它的电子结构与原子有相近性,凸显了超原子系统中相互作用有深刻且丰富的物理内涵.依托于原子物理学的巨大成就,将原子层次的科技能力结合到超原子研究上,将开辟新的领域方向,促进从结构出发的传统研究思路转变到以功能为核心的研究范式,从而带来新的发展机遇.

Why are superatoms so important?From the development process,we can finally grasp the complex cluster structure by quantum mechanical properties,so as to provide the atomic-level gripper for the characterization and regulation of cluster as the basic element,as well as the manufacture and functional application.Against this background,it can also be considered that the development of cluster science and technology to the physics of superatoms is inevitable,we put forward the concept and category of superatomic physics.As a complex multi-atomic system,the electron structure of superatoms is similar to that of atoms,which highlights the deep and rich physical connotation of the interaction in superatoms.Relying on the great achievements of atomic physics,combining the scientific and technological capabilities at the atomic level to study on superatoms will open up new fields and promote the paradigm transformation of traditional research ideas from structure to function,thus bringing new development opportunities.