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DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Precious Metal Crystals

Caption: Left, an electron micrograph (TEM) of a metal, in this case platinum, deposited on cellulose. Inset, crystalline cellulose without metal. Right, TEM showing the pattern of platinum clustering along hydroxyl sites on the cellulose surface.

Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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