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. 2017 Mar 3;7:43514. doi: 10.1038/srep43514

Table 1. HRTEM analysis of nanostructured PuO2 and Pu intrinsic colloids. The d-spacing for plutonium species were obtained from electron diffraction data.

  Particle size (nm)* d111 (Å) d200 (Å) d220(Å)
Nanostructured PuO2 10.8 ± 1.7 3.18 2.76 1.94
Sonochemical colloid 7.1 ± 1.2 3.12 2.65 1.88
Hydrolytic colloid 2.9 ± 0.4 3.03 2.63 1.84
    3.10**    
PuO2 (Inline graphic)***   3.12 2.70 1.91

*Average value from at least 50 parallel measurements. **Measured from HRTEM images. ***ICSD #186183.