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Nature Materials 4, 113–114 (1 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/nmat1316

Nanoscale materials: A new season

Francesco Stellacci

In the last 15 years or so, researchers have found methods to synthesize spherical or rod-like nanocrystals of various materials. Their physico-chemical properties have been studied on their own as well as within single-component supracrystals.