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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 457 - 458 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.220
Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Structural properties | Synthesis and processing
Nanomaterials: Let's twist again
Knut Deppert1 & L. Reine Wallenberg1
- Knut Deppert and L. Reine Wallenberg are at the Nanometer Structure Consortium and the National Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Lund University, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Correspondence to: Knut Deppert1 e-mail: Knut.Deppert@ftf.lth.se
Abstract
A dislocation running through the trunk of a nanowire offers a new twist to the growth of chiral branched nanostructures, producing beautiful tree-like structures in the process.
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