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August 26, 2011
Inorganic clusters resemble living viruses
U-M researchers have discovered a delicate balance of atomic forces that can be used to make nanoparticle superclusters that are uniform in size—an attribute that’s important for many nanotech applications. These inorganic superclusters share many of the same attributes of simple life forms, including size, shape, core-shell structure and the ability to assemble and disassemble.