![]() ![]() In fact, we’ve already constructed smaller novelty objects. As tiny as this periodic table may be, it doesn’t even approach the smallest structures we’ll be able to create in the near future. Gallium ion beams are also sometimes used to carve out tiny samples to be viewed by more sensitive instruments necessary for research in nanotechnology. Normally such techniques help scientists scan very small objects, or repair damage to microscopic structures in semi-conductors. This periodic table isn’t the most practical I’ve ever seen, but it is a remarkable display of what nanotechnology can do.Īs you’ll see in the video below, Poliakoff’s friends at the NNNC used a beam of gallium ions to ablate the surface of the hair and carve out the symbols of the periodic table. Created at the University of Nottingham’s Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre (NNNC), the tiny table is only about 88 microns wide and 46 microns tall – you could fit tens of thousands on a single strand of your hair! Each symbol on the chart is only four microns across! Watch Poliakoff’s birthday gift being created in the video below. Even for a British scientist, that’s a rare gift. ![]() Poliakoff, a well-known chemist and researcher in clean technologies at the University of Nottingham, was given the microscopic periodic chart as a birthday present. In a sure sign that a scientist will try anything once, Professor Martyn Poliakoff has had the periodic table engraved on one of the hairs from his head. A periodic table engraved on a fraction of a human hair. ![]()
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