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Figure: AFM images of nanospheres damaged by the indentation (scan area 10x10 µm, 512x512 pixels). a) A nanosphere displaying the imprint of the tip’s end marked with a black arrow. b) A nanosphere that was broken during the experi- ment. © Angewandte Chemie / Wiley-VCH

eclipse aramids. In addition to having outstanding mechanical properties, the nanospheres are also transparent.

Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Nitzan Kol,, Inbal Yanai, Prof. Da- vid Barlam, Prof. Roni Z. Shneck, Prof. Ehud Gazit, Prof. Itay Rousso: Self-Assembled Organic Nanostructures with Metallic-Like Stiffness, In: Angewandte Chemie Internatio- nal Edition, Early View, DOI:10.1002/anie.20100203: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.20100203

Prof. Ehud Gazit http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/biotech/mem- bers/gazit/gazit.html