Polymers in Meteorites Provide Clues to Early Solar System (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Polymers in Meteorites Provide Clues to Early Solar System

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Three layers of hydrogen-bonded edge-to-edge polymer. Each layer has four polymer rods bonded at a central vertex. Atoms are colored as follows: hydrogen white, carbon black, nitrogen blue, oxygen red, silicon pink, and iron green.

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CREDIT: Julie Elizabeth Mary McGeoch and Malcolm William McGeoch.

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