Buckyballs-Diamondoids (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Buckyballs-Diamondoids

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An international team led by researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University joined two offbeat carbon molecules -- diamondoids, the square cages at left, and buckyballs, the soccer-ball shapes at right -- to create "buckydiamondoids," center. These hybrid molecules function as rectifiers, conducting electrons in only one direction, and could help pave the way to molecular electronic devices.

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Manoharan Lab/Stanford University

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