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Nature Materials 6, 625 - 626 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1993

Nanocrystals: Tiny seeds make a big difference

Uri Banin1

  1. Uri Banin is at the Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
    e-mail: uri.banin@huji.ac.il


A seeded-growth approach provides shape-controlled bimetallic nanocrystals and opens the way for a rich selection of new nanoscale building blocks.

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