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Scientists at Warwick University teamed up with reserachers at IBM to image a newly synthesised molecule called olympicene- C19H12 |
The molecule was synthesised by Anish Mistry and David Fox from the University of Warwick. The molecule was then passed on to a team at IBM Research in Zurich who imaged it using a carbon-monoxide tipped atomic force microscopy technique that can show up the structure and bonding in the molecule.
© IBM Research/University of Warwick
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Reminds me of similar atomic force microscopy images taken of the polyaromatic pentacene also sponsored by IBM
http://blog.everydayscientist.com/?p=1769
AFM is a wonderful technique really!