Nanostarfruit (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Nanostarfruit (3 of 3)

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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.

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Photo courtesy Zubarev Lab/Rice University

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