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More information: Guoqing Bian et al, Remove the innermost atom of a magnetic multi-shell gold nanoparticle for near-unity conversion of CO2 to CO, Science Advances (2025).

Researchers visualized how gold nanocrystals coalesce at the atomic level, uncovering size, defect, and approach-dependent pathways that shape crystal structure.

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But tuning the structure of such clusters atom by atom, especially when they’re relatively large and complex, has long been a major challenge. To overcome this problem, the team developed a novel ...

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