The picture in the "ad" and on the bottle is a scanning electron microscope image of a structure of aligned carbon nanotubes. The top of the nanotube structure self-assembled during growth to take the shape of an Absolut Vodka bottle. The diameter of the nano-bottle (about 0.00004 meters, or 0.002 inches) is less than the width of a typical human hair.
 

(coming soon) more about the nano-bottle - the experiment - ad proposal

 
see even more at nanobliss
 
 

 

2005/6/7 - John Hart and Ryan Wartena - ajhart@mit.edu