Nanorods? Or Photoshop?

If you haven't seen this, which goes into some very odd images from a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters, then have a look. One's first impression is that this is a ridiculously crude Photoshop job, but an investigation appears to be underway to see if that's the case. . .
Source: In the Pipeline - Category: Chemists Tags: The Scientific Literature Source Type: blogs