A section of the atomic structure of a cadmium selenide nanoparticle (left) with an incorporated foreign mercury atom; and an artistic representation of a highly magnified nanoplatelet with mercury defects at its active corners (right). (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

A section of the atomic structure of a cadmium selenide nanoparticle (left) with an incorporated foreign mercury atom; and an artistic representation of a highly magnified nanoplatelet with mercury defects at its active corners (right).

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A section of the atomic structure of a cadmium selenide nanoparticle (left) with an incorporated foreign mercury atom; and an artistic representation of a highly magnified nanoplatelet with mercury defects at its active corners (right).

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