Scanning electron microscopy of the composite shows aluminum nanoparticles in a matrix of gallium. (Credit: Amberchan et al., 2022) Aluminum is a highly reactive metal that can strip oxygen from water ...

“We don’t need any energy input, and it bubbles hydrogen like crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said UCSC Professor Scott Oliver, describing a new aluminum-gallium nanoparticle powder that ...

This is a story about gallium’s discovery and how it played a part in the acceptance of the then newly invented periodic table. Gallium was discovered by French chemist Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran ...