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Offline number77

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Large spherical molecules
« on: December 29, 2006, 10:19:13 PM »
I have an interest in large molecule.  I like the spherical ones the most, but anything large is cool.  Do you guys know of any?  Any large molecule is cool though.
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 11:15:41 PM »
Proteins are large molecules or large assemblies of molecules.
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2007, 05:35:24 PM »
Check out buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs, they're really large and pretty interesting looking.
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2007, 07:48:29 PM »
Polymers?  Nanotubes?
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2007, 03:32:49 AM »
Buckyball and other supramolecular guest molecules!!!! ;D
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2007, 01:25:11 PM »
Polymeric materials and oligomers.
Peptides like Oxytocin.
The DNA-molecule.
Different kinds of crystals including Diamonds.
Minerals, like Opal.
Graphite.
Chlorophylls in plants.
Carbohydrates like Lignine and cellulose.
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Re: Large spherical molecules
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2007, 11:25:57 AM »
Buckyball  ---------------------------------
do some google search on organometallic compounds that will give very very interesting spherical molecules.
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