Final answer:
Electrons travel around the nucleus in wavy patterns according to de Broglie, contrasting the direct orbits of the Bohr model. They behave as standing waves that create quantized orbits through constructive interference.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to De Broglie, electrons travel around the nucleus in c) Wavy patterns as opposed to Bohr, which had them traveling around in direct paths called orbits. Louis de Broglie proposed that not just light, but all matter has wave properties. After de Broglie's suggestion of the wave nature of electrons, Davisson and Germer performed experiments that demonstrated wavelike behavior of electrons, seen as interference patterns. Unlike the Bohr model, which used fixed circular orbits to describe electron paths, the Schrödinger wave equation describes electrons as wavefunctions that give us the probability of finding an electron at a particular point around the nucleus.
Mathematical expressions reveal that electrons exist as standing waves around the nucleus and can only exist in certain orbits where they can constructively interfere with themselves, which is why the orbits are quantized. This quantum-mechanical model supersedes the Bohr model, providing a more accurate and detailed description of electron behavior in atoms.