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[*] posted on 6-9-2009 at 13:21


Now that's a more interesting picture :)



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[*] posted on 31-10-2009 at 14:24


http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1008
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[*] posted on 1-11-2009 at 01:33


Interesting, I've been doing a lot of reading on pentacene crystallisation, the last picture is very interesting. I wonder what surface they used? pMMA?

In any event, it's an incredible picture. The "image" of the electrons says a lot which the models could never really confirm. Interesting to see some allignment there, unless I'm imagining it - this is reminiscent of the slip dislocated herringbone arrangement pentacene adopts in bulk.

Sorry, I'm rambling, but I've just spent the last few months studying among other things the crystal packing of pentacene derivatives and this picture is very exiting.




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[*] posted on 11-3-2010 at 16:16


UPDATE

Near Field Microscopy - Nanoscale imaging using light
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?NewsID=20626

Celebrating the 50 th birthday of the laser
http://www.laserfest.org/lasers/video-lasers.cfm

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[*] posted on 12-3-2010 at 06:54


That's so awesome! I wish I had more to add to the discussion but it's just so cool to see a molecule.

edit -Why does the outside shine brighter than the inside?

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[*] posted on 12-3-2010 at 16:14


Whats beeing seen is the electron density distribution; same counts for crytallography, bu there it's 3D (though not for single molecules)

The picture is more a stunt than an appliable new method ...
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[*] posted on 4-6-2010 at 15:44


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100324162621.ht...

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[*] posted on 30-11-2012 at 17:41
DNA strand - you can kind of see it


http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl3039162

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biggrin.gif posted on 30-11-2012 at 19:29


Quote:
Direct Imaging of DNA Fibers: The Visage of Double Helix
Francesco Gentile, Manola Moretti, Tania Limongi, Andrea Falqui, Giovanni Bertoni, Alice Scarpellini, Stefania Santoriello, Luca Maragliano, Remo Proietti Zaccaria, and Enzo di Fabrizio
Nano Letters (Article ASAP), November 22, 2012
DOI:10.1021/nl3039162

Abstract
Direct imaging becomes important when the knowledge at few/single molecule level is requested and where the diffraction does not allow to get structural and functional information. Here we report on the direct imaging of double stranded (ds) λ-DNA in the A conformation, obtained by combining a novel sample preparation method based on super hydrophobic DNA molecules self-aggregation process with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The experimental breakthrough is the production of robust and highly ordered paired DNA nanofibers that allowed its direct TEM imaging and the double helix structure revealing.


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