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Electric Image Of Single Molecule

Posted February 27, 2012 8:38 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Researchers capture the first image of charges within a single molecule in a pioneering experiment that sheds new light on the molecular world.

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02/28/2012 7:49 AM

Facinating.

Have they quantified how the charges move around due to the presence of the probe? On the basis that observations changed measurements, it seems likely that this would matter in this instance.

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