Strings of Atoms in Tellurim (IMAGE)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Strings of Atoms in Tellurim

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These silver, wiggling lines are strings of atoms in tellurium behaving like DNA. Researchers have not seen this behavior in any other material.

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Photo Credit: University of Texas at DallasQingxiao Wang and Moon Kim

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