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News Release 04-110

Not-So-Spotty Material Breakthrough

Researchers master self-assembly of novel nanodots

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nickel nanodots

Transmission electron microscope image of nickel nanodots embedded in an aluminum oxide matrix.

Credit: Jagdish Narayan and Ashutosh Tiwari, North Carolina State University/NSF Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures.


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a single nickel nanocrystal

High-resolution image from a scanning transmission electron microscope showing a single nickel nanocrystal, a nanodot. Each "bump" is an individual nickel atom.

Credit: Jagdish Narayan and Ashutosh Tiwari, North Carolina State University/NSF Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures.


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