The electron beam of a scanning transmission electron microscope can be used to trigger phase transitions in a monolayer of MoS2 and record the dynamics of the process with single-atom resolution.
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Zhou, W. A phase transition glides into view. Nature Nanotech 9, 333–334 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.87
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