  The nanoscience field often produces results more mystifying than any other
discipline. It has been argued that changes in the plutonium dioxide (PuO2)
particle size from bulk to nano can have a drastic effect on PuO2 properties.
Here we report a full characterization of PuO2 nanoparticles (NPs) at the
atomic level and probe their local and electronic structures by a variety of
methods available at the synchrotron.

Chemical Physics