Modern microscopes are not just for imaging. In the right hands they can be used to follow and control catalytic reactions on a metal surface — one atom at a time.
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Nørskov, J. Catalysis frozen in time. Nature 414, 405–406 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35106674
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