Dec 18, 2010

The world's smallest periodic table etched onto a single hair

(Nanowerk News) Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century– but this modern version at the webiste The Periodoc Table of Videos has a short video about each one.

The site has also started a new series – The Molecular Videos – featuring our favourite molecules and compounds.

Their latest addition is a video where researchers at the Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Center etch a tiny periodic table onto a hair belonging to chemistry Professor Martyn Poliakoff:

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