OMG I don't know how those were done, but we can actually see those molecules!! They ... they look just like my stick & ball model. *faint*
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM):
Pentacene on a copper surface
AFM imaging of cephalandole A
There are four images each, which one is the model and which one's the scanning/microscopy?
ReplyDeleteImages A for pentacene and image C for cephalandole A are definitely models.
ReplyDeleteThe rest, I'm not sure. They're either STM or AFM. But notice image D of pentacene, those are individual molecules that we can see under those techniques!
Wao--! It's really cool! there are another cool thing is that the scientist can picture out those structures before they see it.
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