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August 30, 2011

Image from the Multi-Center Hydrogen Bond project.

This is an image of a multi-center hydrogen bond, focusing on the bond in the middle of the iso-surface and streamline, and revealing the electro-static charge density of the bond. It is a part of the "Artistic Patterning and Structural Growth New Atomic Bonding: Multi-Center Hydrogen Bond" project.

Credit: Professor Chris Van de Walle, Dr. Anderson Janotti Solid State Lighting and Energy, UCSB, Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Lance Putnam, Basak Alper Media Arts and Technology, UCSB


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