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Queen's Portrait on a Diamond - Periodic Table of Videos (2012x19)

Air date: Apr 10, 2012

We etch a tiny portrait of Queen Elizabeth II onto a diamond - to celebrate her diamond jubilee (60 years on the throne). The smallest portrait is just 46 microns high. With thanks to Michael Fay and Christopher Parmenter at the University of Nottingham's Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre. Images at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/periodicvideos/sets/72157629419565698/ Brady's blog about this video at: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/queen-on-diamond.html Speaking in the video is Professor Martyn Poliakoff. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/index.aspx Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/