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Caption: The atomic structure of a gold nanowire containing 5 gold atoms (depicted by yellow spheres), with an embedded oxygen molecule (depicted by red spheres), stretched between two gold tip electrodes (gold leads that connect to the electrodes are not shown). Excess electronic charge on the incorporated oxygen atoms is depicted by blue clouds.
Credit: Uzi Landman/Georgia Tech
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