Plasmons (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Plasmons (3 of 3)

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A scanning electron transmission microscope image shows an octopod, left, created at Rice University that has both plasmonic and catalytic abilities. At right is an illustration of the octopod, which has a gold core and a gold-palladium alloy surface. The scale bar is 50 nanometers.

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Ringe Group/Rice University

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