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We all know material properties are different in the nano-realm, but who would have guessed that gold becomes magnetic? According to Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, spin-density-functional calculations reveal that gold nanowires can develop magnetic moments (link no longer available; original article could be previously found at news.gatech.edu) when embedded with oxygen atoms. The group also showed that an applied electric field can change the structure of a cluster of gold nanoparticles.
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Re: Gold Goes Magnetic
