Big Blue does science and does it well.
Late last August scientists of IBM's labs in Zurich succeeded in taking a shot of the anatomy of a single molecule. One belonging to a pentacene molecule to be more precise.
The wonder happened by means of an Atomic Force Microscope which works measuring the different forces between a metal tip and the target to generate an image. I used one of these microscope myself during my last job but that was for an industry application and by no means as much as sophisticate like this.
The result is simply stunning, glorious!
Just compare the two pictures below, one is a textbook model of pentacene and the other one is the molecule itself as seen by the AFM. You can count the carbon rings and spot the position on the hydrogen!
Check the images and the video below and be sure to read the full article here
Images and the video are property of IBM Research Zurich and are here published respecting their license which can be found here.
Courtesy of IBM Research - Zurich. Unauthorized use not permitted.
Late last August scientists of IBM's labs in Zurich succeeded in taking a shot of the anatomy of a single molecule. One belonging to a pentacene molecule to be more precise.
The wonder happened by means of an Atomic Force Microscope which works measuring the different forces between a metal tip and the target to generate an image. I used one of these microscope myself during my last job but that was for an industry application and by no means as much as sophisticate like this.
The result is simply stunning, glorious!
Just compare the two pictures below, one is a textbook model of pentacene and the other one is the molecule itself as seen by the AFM. You can count the carbon rings and spot the position on the hydrogen!
Check the images and the video below and be sure to read the full article here
Images and the video are property of IBM Research Zurich and are here published respecting their license which can be found here.
Courtesy of IBM Research - Zurich. Unauthorized use not permitted.
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