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Octapod nanoparticle

Transmission electron microscope image of an octapod.

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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