nanoparticles galore

[mamkotke]

They let me play with the scanning electron microscope. I knew there was a good reason to be in grad school.

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[melsmarsh]

Oh that is so cool!

[claira05]

Yeah, they are pretty aren't they =).

I missed having to go to the dark room to develop those films. That was actually fun.

What <i>are</i> they?

[raidingparty]

The bottom one looks like it has salt in it, but other than that, I gots noe klew.

[mamkotke]

These are gold-coated silica nanospheres a few hundred nanometers in diameter.