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Chemistry In Pictures

Chemistry in Pictures: I ♥ molecular nanoribbons

by Brianna Barbu
October 29, 2024

 

A heart formed out of crystallized organic material.
Credit: Yogesh Kumar Maurya

Sometimes the universe gives you a sign that your research might just love you back. That’s what happened to Yogesh Kumar Maurya, a postdoctoral researcher in Aurelio Mateo-Alonso’s lab at the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering. Maurya studies molecular nanoribbons, which are conjugated carbon nanomaterials with intriguing electronic properties. One Friday, as part of the process of purifying an organic compound, Maurya left the compound to crystallize over the weekend. He returned on Monday to find that it had crystallized in the shape of a heart.

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