Fluorescent Owls (IMAGE)

Rice University

Fluorescent Owls

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Researchers at Rice printed owls, the university's mascot, in hydrogen atoms on a graphene substrate, turning it into a graphane superlattice suitable for organic chemistry. As proof, they "lit up" the owls by coating them with a fluorophore and viewing them through fluorescence quenching microscopy. Graphene quenches fluorescence, but the molecules shine brightly when attached to the superlattice.

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Zhengzong Sun/Rice University

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