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The top half of the image shows a schematic illustration of an aluminum oxide nanoparticle (left), a microscope image of the oxide layer coating the surface of the nanoparticle (middle) and a representation of the different units in the alumina layer composition (right). The bottom half illustrates the effect of annealing on the oxide structure, which changes the thickness and arrangement of the atoms, resulting in modified optical and surface chemical properties of the aluminum nanoparticles.
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(Image courtesy of Aaron Bayles/Rice University)
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