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By Michael Logli
Posted: 4/4/07 Section: News
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"It was a roller coaster of a project, and by the third year, I was worried there wouldn't be any results," Hickenboth said. "But then things started clicking."
Hickenboth did a majority of the data collection and analyzation during his time on the project.
He also designed and synthesized the molecules used in the experimentation process. Though he graduated in December, he wrote a majority of an article published in the March 22 edition of Nature, an international weekly journal of science. Moore said Hickenboth's desire to see the project to its completion spurred the scientists forward in their work.
"I wanted to see something come out of it, and I didn't want to throw it away," Hickenboth said. "I didn't want to leave it at 'maybe.' I didn't like that answer."
Moore and his colleagues will continue looking for other types of mechanophores. They hope to find more mechanophores and to make the potential applications possible.
"There's a lot of interesting possibilities," Moore said. "It's kind of a big deal."
Hickenboth did a majority of the data collection and analyzation during his time on the project.
He also designed and synthesized the molecules used in the experimentation process. Though he graduated in December, he wrote a majority of an article published in the March 22 edition of Nature, an international weekly journal of science. Moore said Hickenboth's desire to see the project to its completion spurred the scientists forward in their work.
"I wanted to see something come out of it, and I didn't want to throw it away," Hickenboth said. "I didn't want to leave it at 'maybe.' I didn't like that answer."
Moore and his colleagues will continue looking for other types of mechanophores. They hope to find more mechanophores and to make the potential applications possible.
"There's a lot of interesting possibilities," Moore said. "It's kind of a big deal."
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