Materials2026-02-221 minarXiv:2602.19347expressHow Phosphorus Hides Its EdgesA chain of red phosphorus atoms is like a train where the cars are atoms and the couplers are chemical bonds. Sometimes the couplers are stronger, sometimes weaker, and that affects how electrons run through the train.Vít Jakubský·B. Manjarrez-Montañez·Rafael A. Méndez-Sánchez·Yonatan Betancur-OcampoPaul DiracWolfgang PauliWilliam Lawrence BraggfermiondislocationFermi surfacephylogenetic network👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced