Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Electrons In Space

http://dvice.com/assets_c/2011/08/pentacene_mol-thumb-330x159-69453.jpg 
I don't know about you, but this picture has just blown my mind.
What we're looking at here is an actual image which shows electrons orbiting around a molecule.
Whoa.
Let me explain just what exactly is going on here.
Pictured above is a single molecule of pentacene, made up of five rings of carbon atoms and bordered all the way around by hydrogen atoms.

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