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Chemistry In Pictures

Chemistry in Pictures: Baby Yodamine B

by Craig Bettenhausen
March 10, 2020

A 3-D printed baby yoda glows a little bit.
Credit: Submitted by Vittorio Saggiomo, model design by MarVin_Miniatures

No midichlorians here, this Baby Yoda gets its glow from Rhodamine B, a fluorescent dye. Vittorio Saggiomo of Wageningen University embedded the dye in a UV-curable polymer material and then used it in a 3-D printer to create this homage to the popular Star Wars character. Saggiomo’s research centers on manipulating the chemistry, materials science, and geometry of 3-D printed objects.

Submitted by Vittorio Saggiomo, @V_Saggiomo

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