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Quinton Meisner, a chemist at Florida State University, shot this photo looking down the barrel of a vial at crystals of a boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) azide. He excited the crystals with ultraviolet light, and the resulting orange glow traveled up the sides of the glass to create an image reminiscent of the gun barrel sequence seen during the opening of James Bond movies.
This BODIPY compound is a synthetic intermediate en route to a molecule that could detect metal ions or other chemicals found in neurons or groundwater. The final sensor will stop glowing in the presence of the target molecules.
Credit: Quinton Meisner and Lei Zhu/Florida State University
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Looks like a planet forming, with volcanic eruptions all over the surface
ReplyDeleteSam Collett I thought the same
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