Superlong vs Superskinny chemical tubes - are they alive?

Superskinny and superlong chemical tubes grown from nanoscale clusters in a crystal in realtime. Published in Nature Chemistry 1st Issue, April 2009. Paper online from 1st March.

More info at www.croninlab.com or www.chem.gla.ac.uk/staff/lee

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Science & Technology

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• superskinny vs superlong
• chemical tubes
• chemistry experiment

[reseth]

Great invention guys!

(pls can sou send me a name of the song? thx)

[croningroup]

Artist:Ennio Morricone

Song:Violenza E Massacro

[croningroup]

Yes, you can control the pattern.

[balzaish]

Interesting video. Alas it's not life: neither is the Briggs–Rauscher oscillating reaction, the growth of ice dendrite crystals on a window pane, nor the formation of complex micellar structures in a child's bubble bath. This is more of a simulacrum of life. But it does look very cool.

[propsonthat]

Is it true you're creating artificial lifeforms using molybdenum incase it escapes?

[Fistrone]

Super invention! :-) Very good!

And this song is nice too.

[InSciJap]

How can you control the pattern?

[mikerycroft]

Now the big question, can you control the pattern of growth?

[damcka]

so....I'll be the first to comment on the video! nice to see Glasgow Chemistry represented on youtube. One can only assume that Geoff has returned to his spiritual home in the west end. well done!