Nanoparticle Shapes (IMAGE)

Duke University

Nanoparticle Shapes

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The new upside-down fabrication method allows researchers to use a wide variety of new nanoparticle shapes, such as spheres and cuboctahedra — a shape consisting of eight triangular faces and six square faces.

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Jon Stewart, Duke University

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