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The Largest Single-Molecule Crystal
4 February 2008, 12:29

Categories: nanoparticles

A giant molecular bauble, by far the largest single-molecule crystal ever made, is confounding chemists. Involving almost 500 silver atoms, the crystals are so large and complex that their creators cannot figure out their structure. Each of the 30 crystals made by Dieter Fenske of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and his colleagues is thought to contain 490 silver atoms linked by 188 sulphur atoms and 114 organic groups. “This is an idealized structure” based on energy calculations, explained Fenske.
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