Art in STEM

Dragonball Polymer

A photograph of a smooth, polished sphere sitting on a clean white surface. The sphere features a rich, amber-orange color with a speckled, granular internal texture and subtle red highlights. A soft reflection of light glints off its glossy top-left surface, while the overall lighting creates a gentle shadow at its base against the plain, light gray background.
Label
Dragonball Polymer
Artist
Drake Beery
Description
Purified intermediate of a stilbene monomer for photomechanical polymers.
Type
DSLR
Artist Affiliation
Graduate Student
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Area of Research
Materials Chemistry
Date
2019