How do like electrical charges arrange themselves on the surface of a sphere (IMAGE)

University of Innsbruck

How do like electrical charges arrange themselves on the surface of a sphere

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Twelve gold nanoparticles of roughly 700 atoms each on a helium droplet. Background: the imprint of such a droplet on a surface, imaged by transmission electron microscopy.

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University of Innsbruck

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