Sentences with phrase «image buckyballs»
Now they have used the same technique to image buckyballs, cage - like molecules made of 60 carbon atoms each.
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They first isolated a buckyball on a metal surface with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), which images the atomic contours of a surface by measuring changes in the electrical current that travels between the surface and an ultrasharp tip that scans across it.
Tour and his colleagues are currently testing the ability of the modified buckyballs to enhance images of synthetic cube - and star - shaped DNA.
The buckyball wheels can be imaged with a scanning tunneling microscope, which researchers have used to prove that the nanocars really roll on their wheels, as opposed to simply sliding along.