A single molecule's photograph

[polarbear6]

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Dunno if its a re post or not.

But seriously it looks a lot like a honey comb !!

 

[Baked]

I must be seeing things 'cause it looks like the picture's moving.

 

[Gooberlx2]

That's awesome.

 

[bolomite]

Guess all that o-chem I learned was correct

 

[TallBill]

It's blurry.

 

[polarbear6]

Hey which molecule did they photograph ?? I mean all the 5 rings look like they are of the same size !!

I dont know about you guys but I want that microscope on my cell phone :laugh:

Originally posted by: TallBill
It's blurry.

well of course, electron move at a very high speed

 

[bolomite]

It's pentacene, basically 5 benzene rings fused together linearly. They should all be the same size.

edit: 1st time warp, I don't post very often so it took me this long

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: TallBill
It's blurry.

yeah hopefully this can be perfected. High res shots of this nature would be so great.

 

[aircooled]

Saw this on the Pickle earlier. Very cool.

 

[techs]

I'm waiting for it to come out in BluRay.

 

[ballmode]

epic win

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: Baked
I must be seeing things 'cause it looks like the picture's moving.

I had this effect too; I stared at it and it kept seeming like it was moving around.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: ballmode
epic win

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi

Originally posted by: TallBill
It's blurry.

yeah hopefully this can be perfected. High res shots of this nature would be so great.

WTF would a high res shot of a tiny nucleus surrounded by a probability cloud of electrons look like? Bricks will be shat.

 

[ViviTheMage]

neato!

 

[jlchoi]

Interesting, I wonder what IBM is planning on using this technology for?