The Best Science Visualizations of the Year
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- Smithsonian.com, February 15, 2012
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(Image courtesy of Babak Anasori, Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum)
It's not a sandstone cliff in Utah or the backdrop for a “Looney Tunes” Roadrunner cartoon. This People's Choice winner in the photography division—yes, it's a photograph—shows a layered compound called Ti2ALc2, from a family called MXene.
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Comments (7)
my late husband did fractals on the computer that looled alot like this!
Posted by mary on April 18,2012 | 12:31 PM
What is this? Green antibodies attacking a tentacled breast cancer cell.
Posted by Andy on March 2,2012 | 01:36 PM
Typo: Instead of "Ti2ALc2", I think you mean "Ti2AlC2". [That's titanium aluminum carbide, described elsewhere as "Advanced Damage-Tolerant Ceramics: Candidates for Nuclear Structural Applications". References:
(1) E. N. Hoffman, M. W. Barsoum, R. L. Sindelar, D. Tallman. 2010, “MAX Phases and Their Potential for Nuclear Reactor Applications,” American Nuclear Society: 2010 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA June 13-17, 2010
(2) E. N. Hoffman, D. W. Vinson, R. L. Sindelar, D. J. Tallman, G. Kohse and M. W. Barsoum, “MAX Phase Carbides and Nitrides: Properties for Future Nuclear Power Plant Applications,” submitted for publication in Journal of Nuclear Materials.
Posted by Paul Walsh on February 20,2012 | 05:22 PM
Based on flakes of titanium-aluminium-carbide (Ti3AlC2). When the researchers removed aluminium a new two-dimensional material remained. In the two-dimensional structure, the electrons travel 100 times faster than in silicon, today’s dominant semiconductor.
Posted by Jer on February 19,2012 | 01:21 PM
Very cool. Sounds weird, but is it possible to purchase this image for hanging in my house?
Posted by Larry on February 18,2012 | 12:39 PM
Wait, what is this? And what is the scale?
Posted by Amanda on February 17,2012 | 09:46 PM
This is very interesting.i would love to see Android read more.
Posted by therese abdali on February 17,2012 | 12:36 PM