The phrase "atoms that could" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing potential or hypothetical situations involving atoms, such as in scientific or theoretical discussions.
Example: "In the realm of quantum physics, we often explore the properties of atoms that could exist in alternate dimensions."
Alternatives: "atoms that might" or "atoms that are capable of".
Well-used magnetic stirrers harbour metal atoms that could bias the results of chemical and biochemical reactions.
BBC News reports on the creation of Kagome metal, an "electrically conducting crystal, made from layers of iron and tin atoms," that could be used in more powerful quantum computers.
This paper introduces a non-local elasticity theory for the general configurations of carbon atoms that could form carbon nanotubes (CNTs), nanosheets (graphene) and nanospheres (fullerenes) by means of the laminated plate theory.
The most useful rationalizing characteristic of an element is its valence, which was originally defined in terms of the maximum number of hydrogen atoms that could attach to an atom of the element.
By 1860, the idea of tetravalent carbon atoms that could combine together in chains was added.
Physicists have created a 1-meter-high fountain of cold cesium atoms that could be used to build the most precise timepiece ever known.
During the 19th century there developed the idea of a limited number of elements, each consisting of a particular type of atom, that could combine in an almost limitless number of ways to form chemical compounds.
Phenolic antioxidants are generally believed to form phenoxyl radical upon donating a hydrogen atom that could quench active free radicals and stop the propagation of lipid peroxidation [9, 10].
Two related classes of transition metal cation catalysts were investigated: 1) single transition metal cations supported on zirconium oxide nodes of the metal organic framework NU-1000 and 2) small metal hydroxide clusters with two metal atoms (M2) that could be grown by atomic layer deposition on a support exhibiting isolated hydroxyl groups.
Investigated atom types were limited to the 2,727 organic (H, C, N, O, F, P, S, Cl, Br, I) atom types that are connected only to other organic atoms, in order to purposely exclude 'invalid' atom types that could result from organic/metal interactions being represented as covalent bonds.
Graphene, the thinnest, strongest, stiffest material in existence — only a single atom thick — that could be used to make entire buildings sensitive to touch.
