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Small, Shapeshifting Catalytic Nanoparticles Steer Carbon Dioxide Conversion

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  • The Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Lab

    July 6, 2015

    Scientists from all over the world visit the Center for Functional Nanomaterials to explore strange phenomena hidden on the nanoscale—an exciting and powerful landscape spanning just billionths of a meter. The U.S. Department of Energy opened the CFN, one of its five nanoscale science research centers in the United States, to develop unprecedented energy technologies and solve fundamental scientific puzzles.

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The Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory explores the unique properties of materials and processes at the nanoscale. The CFN is a user-oriented research center, with the double mission of being an open facility for the nanoscience research community and advancing the science of nanomaterials that address the nation's energy challenges.