Nanocrystal lattice planes (IMAGE)

Lewis & Clark College

Nanocrystal lattice planes

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This image demonstrates how three families of planes in the face-centered cube extended crystal lattice are defined relative to the unit cell, how atoms are packed on the surfaces of these planes, and how these planes can form the crystal facets of three nanoparticle shapes.

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Anne Bentley / Lewis & Clark College

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