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Title: Large spherical molecules
Post by: number77 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.

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: Yggdrasil on December 29, 2006, 11:15:41 PM

Proteins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein) are large molecules or large assemblies of molecules.

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: akukla on January 17, 2007, 05:35:24 PM

Check out buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs, they're really large and pretty interesting looking.

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: Ψ×Ψ on January 17, 2007, 07:48:29 PM

Polymers?  Nanotubes?

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: Ms. Buckyball on July 14, 2007, 03:32:49 AM

Buckyball and other supramolecular guest molecules!!!! ;D

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: mir 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.
...

Title: Re: Large spherical molecules
Post by: profmsg on July 28, 2007, 11:25:57 AM

Buckyball  ---------------------------------
do some google search on organometallic compounds that will give very very interesting spherical molecules.