In”Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time” (7:39 PM, 28th August 2009), Claire Bates writes:
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice-shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.
Scientists from IBM used an atomic force microscope (AFM) to reveal the chemical bonds within a molecule.
‘This is the first time that all the atoms in a molecule have been imaged,’ lead researcher Leo Gross said.
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Amazing. Check out the picture they have!!
