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Quantum Buckyball (detail), 2004

Bronze, diameter 2' (60 cm)

This piece was inspired by research I participated in at Anton Zeilinger's group in Vienna, Austria. Our experiment explored the transition between Quantum Mechanics and the familiar world of classical physics. We were able to show that the famous wave-particle duality applies even to very large molecules. Our experiment demonstrated the passage of single Carbon-60 molecules (Buckyballs) through more than one opening of a grating at once, thereby confirming the essentially wave-like property of matter.