SEM Image of Gold Nanoparticles (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

SEM Image of Gold Nanoparticles

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False color scanning electron micrograph (250,000 times magnification) showing the gold nanoparticles created by NIST and the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory for use as reference standards in biomedical research laboratories.

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Andras Vladar, NIST

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