Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 07:49 in Physics & Chemistry

Shape is turning out to be a particularly important feature of some commercially important nanoparticles - but in subtle ways. New studies by scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) show that changing the shape of cobalt nanoparticles from spherical to cubic can fundamentally change their behaviour...

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