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- noun organic chemistry A
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ; theacene containing five fused rings.
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The researchers focused on a single molecule of pentacene, which is commonly used in solar cells.
Think Small The Year in Pictures 2009
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Look at this image of pentacene, which is a kind of stretch-limo version of benzene.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Seeing is believing, the really small edition 2009
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The researchers focused on a single molecule of pentacene, which is commonly used in solar cells.
Archive 2009-08-01 The Year in Pictures 2009
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The particles, just five to 20 nanometers across, were covered with a very thin layer of a substance called pentacene, which conducts electricity
Livescience.com 2010
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The particles, just five to 20 nanometers across, were covered with a very thin layer of a substance called pentacene, which conducts electricity
Livescience.com 2010
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The NOMFET (Nanoparticle Organic Memory Field-Effect Transistor), as it's known, is an organic device made of a molecule called pentacene (an organic semiconductor) and gold nano-particles.
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The organic device is made of a molecule called pentacene (an organic semiconductor) and gold nano-particles.
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Researchers at IBM have used an atomic-force microscope to resolve the chemical structure of pentacene.
Friday Pix pandora1723 2009
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- Using an atomic-force microscope, scientists at IBM Research in Zurich have for the first time made an atomic-scale resolution image of a single molecule, the hydrocarbon pentacene.
Friday Pix pandora1723 2009
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And my gut looks a lot like the pentacene molecule above.
Seeing the never before seen doyle 2009
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