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Tiny seeds make a big difference

Nature Materials volume 6, pages 625–626 (2007)Cite this article

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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Figure 1: Shape-controlled bimetallic nanoparticles grown by the seeded-growth approach of Habas and colleagues5.

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

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