Their tests with transmission electron microscopy on the nanocrystals, which form as ultrathin films, plates and
tiny particles,
reveal the desired quality and uniformity.
A team of scientists led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory atmospheric researcher Dr. Susannah Burrows and collaborator Daniel McCoy, who studies clouds and climate at the University of Washington,
reveal how
tiny natural
particles given off by marine organisms — airborne droplets and solid
particles called aerosols — nearly double cloud droplet numbers in the summer, which boosts the amount of sunlight reflected back to space.