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Molecules star in quantum movie

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The quantum interference of large molecules can be recorded in real time thanks to state-of-the-art nanofabrication and nano-imaging technologies.

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Figure 1: The evolution of matter–wave diffraction experiments with free-standing gratings.

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  1. Bum Suk Zhao is in the School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 689-798, Korea,

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  2. Wieland Schöllkopf is at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany,

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Zhao, B., Schöllkopf, W. Molecules star in quantum movie. Nature Nanotech 7, 277–278 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.44

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