The march of technology – pictures of atoms

Posted by Harry Bishop on Sep 12th, 2009
2009
Sep 12

Guess what this is a snapshot of?
pentacenes
Image from In The Pipeline


So, did you guess it was an actual picture taken of 6 molecules, where you can actually see the shape of the individual atomic groupings?

I’ve mentioned Derek’s blog before, and although some of his posts may be over the head of the average reader, he’s also shared and written about some really neat stuff. This is the sort of thing that the everyday person wouldn’t typically hear about, but it’s amazing – somebody can now take an actual picture where you can see atomic groupings. That’s alternatively amazing and scary.

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  1. Seiko Champion » Blog Archive » The march of technology - pictures of electrons Says:

    [...] I thought the fact that I could see an actual picture of a molecule where you could make out the individual atoms was cool enough. Now comes this. [...]

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