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as nanocrystals, thin lms, and heterostructures are dened, in part, by small distances between surfaces or interfaces, and a signicant proportion of their constituent atoms reside in environments that are not bulk-like. e contribution from these regions to material properties is no longer negligible, and nanosystem behaviors can consequently dier signicantly from those of corresponding bulk phases.
