Scientists capture live, atomic-level detail of nanoparticle formation

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

By using an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, scientists were able to monitor real-time atom rearrangement during the synthesis of intermetallic nanoparticles made of platinum-tin alloy. These nanoparticles have applications in energy-efficient fuel conversion and biofuel production.