image: Gold particles equilibrated on the surface of polycrystalline alumina by dewetting. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 8, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by M. Baram of Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and colleagues was titled, "Nanometer-Thick Equilibrium Films: The Interface Between Thermodynamics and Atomistics." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Wayne D. Kaplan