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nanoparticles trap lithium particles came into contact particles, to avoid ion- tions in nanoparticles, and I
ions, slowing down the with each other. They then trapping interfaces. expect that we will leverage
process. Over time, these used scanning electron mi- this new tool to study un-
ion traps also degrade the croscopy to obtain higher- OTHER APPLICATIONS derlying processes in a wide
material’s performance. resolution images of the Their imaging technique of- range of important energy
To support their claims, length, width and spacing fers a new method for cor- technologies,” Sambur said.
the researchers used bright of the nanoparticles, so relating nanoparticle struc- The paper’s co-authors
field transmission mi- they could tell, for example, ture and electrochromic include Austin Elling-
croscopy to observe how how many particles were properties; improvement of worth, a former Research
tungsten-oxide nanopar- clustered together, and how smart window performance Experience for Undergrad-
ticles absorb and scatter many were spread apart. is just one application that uates student from Winona
light. Making sample smart Based on their experimen- could result. Their approach State University; Christina
glass, they varied how tal findings, the authors could also guide applied re- Cashen, a CSU chemis-
much nanoparticle materi- proposed that the perfor- search in batteries, fuel cells, try graduate student; and
al they placed in their sam- mance of smart glass could capacitors and sensors. Christopher R. Weinberger,
ples and watched how the be improved by making a “Thanks to Colby’s work, a professor in CSU’s De-
tinting behaviours changed nanoparticle-based mate- we have developed a new partment of Mechanical
as more and more nano- rial with optimally spaced way to study chemical reac- Engineering.

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