Can the Double Slit Experiment Be Conducted with C60 Molecules?

[4everlonging]

can the double slit experiment be performed with systems other than light?

 

[xts]

Yes. Some of them even at home.

Make a double slit of carton (slits 1cm wide, separated by 10cm), install it in your bathtub, and play with water waves.

Make a double hole in a sheet of rubber foam and play with sounds generated by small loudspeaker.

...and some experiments demanding more serious lab: with electrons, or even atoms.

 

[4everlonging]

@xts that is really cool

 

[Black Integra]

Also electron beam. That's quite interesting.

 

[4everlonging]

thanks

 

[Edgardo]

Although not a for a double slit you may find this interesting:
You can observe interference if you shoot C60 molecules at a multiple slit. The "Buckyball" molecules consist of 60 carbon atoms, so quite big molecules.
http://www.univie.ac.at/qfp/research/matterwave/c60/index.html#links"