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Squaring the circle: Carbon monoxide was used to grow faceted cube-like platinum tips on semiconductor nanorods (see scheme). These novel hybrid structures reveal a new degree of synthetic control and might allow control over the catalytic activity of nanoscale photocatalysts by adding defined faceting.
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