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Real Space Crystallography

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We have discovered an image plane technique of crystallographic analysis which achieves spatial resolution of structural defects and diffraction information, reveals a lack of a centre of symmetry, requires only minute crystals and is rapidly executed.

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STEEDS, J., TATLOCK, G. & HAMPSON, J. Real Space Crystallography. Nature 241, 435–436 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241435a0

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