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Chemistry In Pictures

Chemistry in Pictures: Fuzz ball

by Brianna Barbu
July 28, 2022

A round, fluffy-looking cluster of thin crystals in a test tube
Credit: Pichayut Tananchayakul

The fluffy formation floating in this test tube is made up of crystals of a compound that organic chemist Pichayut Tananchayakul made in the lab. Tananchayakul is a PhD candidate at Mahidol University in Bangkok, where he researches thiophene-based materials for organic electronic devices such as photovoltaic cells. One day in the lab, he was wrapping up purifying a precursor to one of his target molecules when, to his surprise, the material started crystallizing into a round cluster. He thought it was cute, so he snapped a photo.

Submitted by Pichayut Tananchayakul

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