Gold fullerene uses as nanoparticle seeds (IMAGE)

Rice University

Gold fullerene uses as nanoparticle seeds

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Chemists in Matthew Jones’ lab at Rice University discovered that gold fullerenes (center) are one and the same as “seed” particles (top right) that scientists have long used to synthesize myriad shapes and sizes of gold nanoparticles (left, right and bottom). Each fullerene seed contains 32 atoms of gold arranged in a 12-atom, icosahedral inner core (top left) and a 20-atom dodecahedral outer core (top far left).

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