tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post7141693000194414794..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Since you're going to be seeing it everywhere else... Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-77316641707599594932013-05-08T18:26:34.189-04:002013-05-08T18:26:34.189-04:00OK folks, this is pretty much *exactly the same th...OK folks, this is pretty much *exactly the same thing they did in 1990* when spelling "IBM" with atoms. They've just done it a bunch more times to generate a stop-motion thingy.<br /><br />On the broader point relevant for the Chemjobber audience, is there anything resembling novel and/or groundbreaking scientific research happening in the private sector anymore? Because we sure aren't seeing it here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-50088714863190056712013-05-02T16:47:35.657-04:002013-05-02T16:47:35.657-04:00The surface is a Copper (111). The boy is 'dra...The surface is a Copper (111). The boy is 'drawn' from CO molecules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-54858215186476140592013-05-02T04:56:39.194-04:002013-05-02T04:56:39.194-04:00What are those wavy thingies around the atom? How ...What are those wavy thingies around the atom? How come they don't interfere (two on the left) and interfere on the boy on the right in the still photo? Just some free electron hanging around the carbon?uncle samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-68616758537397238922013-05-02T03:25:40.028-04:002013-05-02T03:25:40.028-04:00*not ... not sure where my brain is today.*not ... not sure where my brain is today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-63299212015610046822013-05-02T03:24:45.802-04:002013-05-02T03:24:45.802-04:00And the surface is copper (atoms night visualized)...And the surface is copper (atoms night visualized)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-27984406073957055242013-05-02T00:02:03.875-04:002013-05-02T00:02:03.875-04:00From the BBC article: "The stop-motion animat...From the BBC article: "The stop-motion animation uses a few dozen carbon atoms, moved around with the tiny tip of what is called a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM)."Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-44363203237728928182013-05-01T22:05:05.794-04:002013-05-01T22:05:05.794-04:00I showed this to my daughter. Her first question w...I showed this to my daughter. Her first question was "what kind of atoms are they?" Anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-71738521339483293542013-05-01T16:52:43.863-04:002013-05-01T16:52:43.863-04:00After all our history of scientific achievement, i...After all our history of scientific achievement, it all comes back to cave drawings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-72276268448273259982013-05-01T12:36:18.266-04:002013-05-01T12:36:18.266-04:00You make me feel small. You make me feel small. The Aqueous Layernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-61040407752167844752013-05-01T10:30:10.289-04:002013-05-01T10:30:10.289-04:00Better than 1080P resolution!Better than 1080P resolution!Polychemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318163213252728838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-61857887523787365922013-05-01T10:15:23.804-04:002013-05-01T10:15:23.804-04:00..I am losing my relevance as an organic chemist a.....I am losing my relevance as an organic chemist and that can't be good. First the big pharma jettisoned me off, the academy made me irrelevant and now the movie! CJ, is there anything left to be seen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-60674267209097925672013-05-01T10:13:57.642-04:002013-05-01T10:13:57.642-04:00picoputians?picoputians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-28171950213682711942013-05-01T10:07:07.641-04:002013-05-01T10:07:07.641-04:00Pretty amazing indeed; almost sends a shiver up yo...Pretty amazing indeed; almost sends a shiver up your spine when you realize that humans (and only humans) can do something like this. <br /><br />My unfounded speculation is that the future of chemistry will lie in the information sciences.Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.com