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.

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