Meanings of unpaired electrons in English

It breaks apart into radicals, molecules with reactive, unpaired electrons.

Light hitting the proteins produces a pair of free radicals, highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons.

The only thing radical he gave a rat's arse about was free radicals with unpaired electrons.

How do the last unpaired electrons between carbon atoms in diamond combine to bind this rigid insulator?

Development of molecules that can switch between redox states with paired and unpaired electrons is important for molecular electronics and spintronics.

Recall from the preceding chapter that in a metal such as lead, the last unpaired electrons from each atom reside in quantized momentum states.

Iron is rich in free radicals, highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons that steal away pairing electrons from other molecules, thus modifying their chemical structures.

Until now, a common method of introducing unpaired electrons to a sample has been to add to it a radical such as TEMPOL or trityl.