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Nature Materials 6, 625–626 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nmat1993

Nanocrystals: Tiny seeds make a big difference

Uri Banin

Developments in nanotechnology hinge on the synthesis of new materials. Nanoparticles, already widely applied in diverse fields from catalysis to bio-imaging, have undergone tremendous development in the past two decades, where size control of spherical nanocrystals of semiconductors, metals and insulators has been achieved for almost any material.