Nanoparticles of Varying Shapes and Sizes (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nanoparticles of Varying Shapes and Sizes

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This is an electron micrograph showing gallium arsenide nanoparticles of varying shapes and sizes. Such heterogeneity can increase costs and limit profits when making nanoparticles into products. A new NIST study recommends that researchers, manufacturers and administrators work together to solve this, and other common problems, in nanoparticle manufacturing.

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A. Demotiere and E. Shevchenko/Argonne National Laboratory

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