12-sided figure (IMAGE)

California NanoSystems Institute

12-sided figure

Caption

UCLA researchers developed a way to deposit lithium metal onto a surface while avoiding a layer of corrosion that usually forms. Without that corrosion, the metal takes a previously unseen form, a tiny 12-sided figure

Credit

(Image courtesy: Li Lab/UCLA)

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