Sunday, August 30, 2009

A Breakthrough In Atomic Imaging

Pentacene Molecule

CNet News reports that scientists from IBM have used an atomic force microscope to reveal the chemical bonds within a molecule.
Scientists were able "to look through the electron cloud and see the atomic backbone of an individual molecule for the first time." This is roughly analogous to X-rays that pass through soft tissue to enable clear images of bones, IBM said.