Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 10:42
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 behavior.