Gold nanorods assemble themselves into rings

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of a circular superstructure of hybrid nanorods templated by a water microdroplet. Credit: Bishnu Khanal
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of a circular superstructure of hybrid nanorods templated by a water microdroplet. Credit: Bishnu Khanal

Rice University chemists have discovered that tiny building blocks known as gold nanorods spontaneously assemble themselves into ring-like superstructures.


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