The phrase "atoms which bind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in scientific contexts, particularly in chemistry or physics, to describe atoms that form bonds with one another.
Example: "In molecular biology, understanding the properties of atoms which bind to form complex structures is essential."
Alternatives: "atoms that connect" or "atoms that link".
One of the greatest enigmas in physics is how matter can be governed by the four basic forces of nature--electromagnetism, which governs light, heat and electricity; the strong and weak nuclear forces, which bind atoms together; and gravity--and still follow the rules of quantum mechanics, which operate only at the subatomic level.
The phosphonic/phosphoric acids and their derivatives form strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds, leading easily to polarized O H groups, which bind to the electron-rich Se atoms on the nanocrystals surface.
The fold is stabilized by eight Zn2+ coordinating cysteines residues, which bind Zn2+ in pairs such that the first and third pairs bind one zinc atom, while the second and fourth pairs bind the other zinc atom [ 14].
Being a tertiary amine, protonated DMAP offers only one hydrogen atom for hydrogen bonding, which binds to the phenate oxygen atom in the plane of the iodotetrafluorophenate ring.
We have previously identified R-thiomandelate as a promising reasonably broad-spectrum inhibitor of MBLs, combining a thiol functionality which binds simultaneously to the two zinc atoms with a carboxylate function which increases its inhibitory potency [ 21, 27].
Technicolour is similar to the "strong force", which binds particles known as quarks together inside the nuclei of atoms.
That is the decision which binds us.
Each FeIII atom, which is bound to both the N-donor atoms in the poly-ol ligand, making up the outer metals of the {FeIII4} rhombus, is bonded to both the inner 3d metals and a lanthanide ion.
The irreversible capacity was partially attributed to pyridinic-like nitrogen atoms, which can strongly bind with Li ions confirmed by result of quantum-chemical calculation.
The cysteine residues bind to two zinc atoms, which coordinate folding of the domain involved in DNA recognition (Vallee et al. 1991).
