This is the tail-end of the multi-cell system used in my research group to apply monolayers (one molecule thick) to single crystals of silver. It’s a bit amazing how such a wild sentence can become mundane with years of exposure. In any case, I really love the intricacy and attention that has been applied to every bolt and wire; scientific equipment is the ultimate in utilitarian design.
Decaseconds 
Interesting, what is the purpose of the monolayer?
It lets us study the way electrons move through the molecules. The conclusions from this work help in designing the next generation of solar cells.
More details on our work can be found on the group webpage: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/cbhgrp/research.html#surfacesideresearch
Awesome work, some nice machining in the photo, i could do that bit (the machining), then I read down to –
k|| = (2meEkin/h2k||2)1/2 sin(theta)
and decided that I did not want to do that bit…
[…] photograph from a lab in the Charles Harris Group at UC Berkeley. I previously photographed this effusion cell apparatus from an orthogonal orientation, but I also found this shot at its long axis intriguing. […]