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By combining an electron-counting camera with low-energy transmission electron microscopy, it is possible to directly image the surface structure of delicate metal–organic framework crystals and their coherent interfaces.

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Figure 1: Comparison of observed TEM imagery to model surfaces.
Figure 2: Comparison of observed TEM imagery to model surfaces.

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  1. Ben Slater and and Sanliang Ling are in the Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK,

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