IBM Researchers Image Electrical Charge Distribution In a Single Molecule

alphadogg writes with this selection from Network World:"IBM researchers for the first time have succeeded in imaging how charge is distributed inside a single molecule, which is a fundamental research breakthrough as scientists try to miniaturize circuitry to the nanometer scale. IBM is studying molecular structures when put on artificial surfaces so functional molecules in the future can be used as switches or transistors, said Fabian Mohn, an IBM researcher. IBM used advanced microscopy tools and techniques to image how charge is redistributed and arranged when chemical bonds are formed between atoms and molecules on surfaces."

Comments

Re:No Pictures?

[mazarin5]

And tons here: http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2012.20.html

Flickr

[PS3Penguin]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zurich/sets/72157629144258045/

Re:No Pictures?

[PatPending]

Here is the source: Full text and pictures here or as a PDF here.

Here's a picture, the actual article, etc.

[cowtamer]

You would think that any journalist who is writing an article about something being imaged would also include the picture:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17156036

Here's the link to the actual article with more pictures:

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2012.20.html

Here's the article:
Imaging the charge distribution within a single molecule
Fabian Mohn, Leo Gross, Nikolaj Moll & Gerhard Meyer
Nature Nanotechnology (2012) doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.20

It's lazy journalists who couldn't do 2 minutes of Googling who are killing journalism, not the Internet or Online Publishing!