Comments | th_glass: Fun with chemistry

th_glass

Fun with chemistry

Jun 25, 2006 06:43

Alright, these chemists had WAY too much time on their hands.
In the paper they describe the synthesis of a 2nm tall anthropomorphic molecule they name NanoKid.
They then describe the procedure for irradiating it with microwave radiation in order to replace the head - here's what they came up with...

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Comments 3

anonymous June 24 2006, 20:47:42 UTC

Holy shit Chris, that is awesome!

edgar June 24 2006, 20:48:03 UTC

(that was me)

th_glass June 25 2006, 00:38:46 UTC

it's kind of creapy when an anonymous poster uses your real name :)

i've also found a website from the lab which synthesised them
http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/