2022 AFRL/AFOSR Basic Research Art of Science Showcase
To honor the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) 70 years of research innovation and to educate people around the world about the importance of basic research, we invite you to view this inaugural showcase of basic research inspired art.
Moon Kim, University of Texas at Dallas | Advanced Materials
Nano U.S. Flag: This is an atomic scale image of newly discovered Mo6Te6 nanowires created from parent MoTe2 2D layers, pseudo-colored to resemble the
U.S. national flag. Each Mo6Te6 nanowire, 0.8 nanometers in diameter, consists of six molybdenum (Mo) atoms surrounded by six tellurium
(Te) atoms. This phase transition was captured during an in-situ heating experiment at 450°C in a scanning transmission electron microscope.
Behold, the world’s smallest U.S. national flag! | Contributors: Moon J. Kim, Qingxiao Wang, Aaron Klick