Silicone, they explain ... and that siloxanes (the backbone chemical structure of silicones) are endocrine and fertility disruptors, as well as potentially carcinogenic. "One study tested the ...

Like carbon, silicon bonds with four elements. Its three-dimensional structure then corresponds ... It displays physical and chemical properties that the researchers did not expect, e.g. colour ...

In contrast to the technologically more relevant Si(100) surface, the surface of a (111)-terminated silicon crystal possesses a structure consisting of bi-layers, in which changes in the bond ...