Superatoms: Disagreement Within the Clustering Field
March 29, 2005 7:49 AM Subscribe
Laser vaporization employed to create Superatoms, atomic clusters that behave like individual atoms and could be used to create new materials.
Talk about your holy grails, they claim to have developed an aluminum that won't corrode from oxygen. If comercializable some one is going to be making some serious bank.
posted by Mitheral at 10:54 AM on March 29, 2005
posted by Mitheral at 10:54 AM on March 29, 2005
This comment is to encourage more posts like this on Metafilter. Thanks dfowler.
posted by Hildago at 12:56 PM on March 29, 2005
posted by Hildago at 12:56 PM on March 29, 2005
Someday, the common man will walk on the Moon. Also, the Moon will by that time be blasted full of random holes.
posted by m39 at 1:34 PM on March 29, 2005
posted by m39 at 1:34 PM on March 29, 2005
So which variety is transparent?
Hellooo, computer! </Doohan>
posted by NortonDC at 6:44 PM on March 29, 2005
Hellooo, computer! </Doohan>
posted by NortonDC at 6:44 PM on March 29, 2005
Bah! I was going to say that.
posted by coelecanth at 6:55 PM on March 29, 2005
posted by coelecanth at 6:55 PM on March 29, 2005
So, coelecanth, would you say that I foiled you again?
posted by NortonDC at 7:22 PM on March 29, 2005
posted by NortonDC at 7:22 PM on March 29, 2005
Firstly, this is not McGraw-like: it is thematic and coherent.
Secondly, this is a brilliant post.
posted by blendor at 9:12 PM on March 29, 2005
Secondly, this is a brilliant post.
posted by blendor at 9:12 PM on March 29, 2005
[Dirty Harry voice] being this is one of the most common elements in the world and would blow your oxygen clean off - you've got to ask yourself a question....do I feel stable? Well do ya punk?
I enjoy how scientists bicker about the relevence because it's not an original idea...even though, y'know, he did the experiment.
New nanomaterials? Woo hoo!!!!
Look at what dynamite alone did.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:22 PM on March 29, 2005
I enjoy how scientists bicker about the relevence because it's not an original idea...even though, y'know, he did the experiment.
New nanomaterials? Woo hoo!!!!
Look at what dynamite alone did.
posted by Smedleyman at 11:22 PM on March 29, 2005
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