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Illustration comparing the surface-to-volume ratios of a micronanoparticle (Sm) and a nanoparticle (Sn). Most nanoparticles are spherical and thus have a surface-to-volume ratio of 3/r, where r is the radius. As r decreases, the surface-to-volume ratio increases.
