You know you're obsessive when...

...You use your research to create 3D portraits of a person out of carbon nanotubes.

Then again, who doesn't love a NanObama?

You can read about the process here. The artist, an assistant professor at Michigan University, has other nano-art at NanoBliss.Com.

Here's one for you horny dogs out there:

And, of course, here's one for me:

Now that's more like it.

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