The investigation of the atomic structure of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles is a research project advised by David Keffer (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee). The images on these pages were created by Dr. David Keffer, Elisa Calvo-Muñoz, Stephanie Miller, Bailey Primm & J.P. Luna. To view these images, you will require the free "Chime" Plug-in for your internet browser. (Here is a link to the chime download page.)

• platinum
• titania
• silica

• platinum

• platinum - cube
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• platinum - cuboctahedron
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• platinum - octahedron
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• platinum - tetrahedron
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• platinum - truncated cube
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• platinum - truncated octahedron
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• titania

• titania (rutile) - square prism - no hydrogen
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• titania (rutile) - square prism with flat edges - no hydrogen
• 4 nm
• 6 nm

• silica

• silica (a-quartz) - hexagonal prism with flat edges - no hydrogen
• 2 nm
• 4 nm
• 6 nm