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Octapod nanoparticle
Transmission electron microscope image of an octapod. You can see the regular arrangement of atoms making up the octapod.
Scientists need to use a transmission electron microscope, which has really high resolution, to view nanoparticles because they are at the nanoscale – a nanometre is a billionth of a metre!
Image: Dr Richard Tilley
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Published: 22 July 2021,Updated: 22 July 2021Size: 24.99 KB
