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Contact: David Ruth
david@rice.edu
713-348-6327
Rice University
Caption: Nanostarfruits begin as gold nanowires with pentagonal cross-sections. Rice chemist Eugene Zubarev believes silver ions and bromide combine to form an insoluble salt that retards particle growth along the pentagons' flat surfaces.
Credit: Photo courtesy Zubarev Lab/Rice University
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