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Nature Nanotechnology (31 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.237

Nanoparticle synthesis: Family gold

Tim Reid

Nanoparticles can be tailored for any number of applications, because their properties depend on their shape and size as well as their chemical composition. To achieve this goal, it is useful to catalogue the 'family trees' of particles that can be obtained from just one reaction.