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First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:17 am
by poehalcho
First-ever high-resolution images of a molecule as it breaks and reforms chemical bonds
When Felix Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) set out to develop nanostructures made of graphene using a new, controlled approach to chemical reactions, the first result was a surprise: spectacular images of individual carbon atoms and the bonds between them.
"We weren't thinking about making beautiful images; the reactions themselves were the goal," says Fischer, a staff scientist in Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division (MSD) and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. "But to really see what was happening at the single-atom level we had to use a uniquely sensitive atomic force microscope in Michael Crommie's laboratory." Crommie is an MSD scientist and a professor of physics at UC Berkeley.
http://phys.org/news/2013-05-first-ever ... forms.htmlAnother thing that's f*cking cool today! It's a great day for science!
I can't believe they actually look exactly like in the sketches :o
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 1:01 am
by Squirt
Thats pretty damn cool. I'd like to see an image of benzene :O
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:25 pm
by poehalcho
Squirt wrote:Thats pretty damn cool. I'd like to see an image of benzene :O
Those things are benzene rings bro...
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:32 pm
by *BlackFox
That's incredible! lulz
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:50 pm
by omier
That looks cool. How can they focus on a molecule long enough to take a pic?
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:52 pm
by PureStr
Meh, I'd rather see pics of Kim Kardashian's newborn....NOT
This is awesome! I had a chemistry class at uni and it was quite interesting.
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:48 pm
by Squirt
poehalcho wrote:Squirt wrote:Thats pretty damn cool. I'd like to see an image of benzene :O
Those things are benzene rings bro...
Let me clarify, I'd like to see a higher quality image of benzene.
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:58 am
by PureStr
Squirt wrote:poehalcho wrote:Squirt wrote:Thats pretty damn cool. I'd like to see an image of benzene :O
Those things are benzene rings bro...
Let me
clarify, I'd like to see a
higher quality image of benzene.
I see what you did there.
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:22 pm
by Love
Guess we have different definitions of high definition science community ...
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:38 pm
by omier
Love wrote:Guess we have different definitions of high definition science community ...
I see what you did there.
Re: First High-Res images of molecule breaking and reforming!
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:09 pm
by Ganja
Sanktum wrote:Love wrote:Guess we have different definitions of high definition science community ...
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You're a sneaky one
