Potassium atoms interspersed into
crystals of the organic compound picene yields superconductivity at relatively high temperatures
Not exact matches
These particles were coated in an
organic compound designed to disturb the order
of the surrounding liquid -
crystal molecules and cause them to align themselves perpendicular to the surface
of each sphere.
The team made
crystals composed
of an
organic compound, called azobenzene, commonly used in dye manufacturing, and oleic acid, commonly found in cooking oil.
Specifically, a metal -
organic framework
compound, copper [1,3 - benzenedicarboxylate] with a unique arrangement
of copper atoms in a
crystal, has been shown to exhibit this novel behavior.
Eventually, a stable rocky crust may have developed between Years 0.2 and 0.4 billion (see J. Bret Bennington's discussion
of recycled zircons (
crystals of zirconium silicate) from the rocks
of western Australia in the Hadean Eon and the January 11, 2001 announcement
of zircons found north
of Perth that appear to be 4.4 billion years old), covered and surrounded by soupy water that was already rich with
organic compounds from interstellar space.