Molecules Spontaneously Form Honycomb 106
Science Daily is reporting that University of California Researchers have discovered a new process in which molecules assemble into complex patterns without any outside guidance. From the article: "Spreading anthraquinone, a common and inexpensive chemical, on to a flat copper surface, Greg Pawin, a chemistry graduate student working in the laboratory of Ludwig Bartels, associate professor of chemistry, observed the spontaneous formation of a two-dimensional honeycomb network comprised of anthraquinone molecules."
"Honycomb?" (Score:1, Informative)
Re:crystals (Score:5, Informative)
Yes, it is. The nifty part is the SIZE of the arrangement. If you bothered to read the article, you would notice that the hexagon pattern is in a very unusual size range.
Honycomb? (Score:2, Informative)
Honycomb? Honycomb? Honycomb? Me want honycomb? I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Last time I checked, it is honeycomb, with an e.
importance? (Score:4, Informative)
How's this thing is unqiue? In what aspect?
The answer to this question is probably, huge pores compared to the size of the monomer, but I am still not impressed.
For those who don't get it: (Score:1, Informative)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yDZK6H3d5bk [youtube.com]