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Nature 442, 35 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442035a; Published online 5 July 2006

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Microscopy: X-ray nanovision

Eric D. Isaacs1

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Startling three-dimensional images of nanoparticles have been obtained with an X-ray microscope, showing crystal deformation in unprecedented detail. The trick is not to focus the X-rays, but to diffract them.

Imagine an imaging device with resolution more than 1,000 times better than an optical microscope and capable of seeing deep inside objects. Such is the promise of an X-ray microscope, which has been the dream of scientists since X-rays were discovered over a century ago.

  1. Eric D. Isaacs is in the Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA, and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago.
    Email: isaacs@anl.gov

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