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Coherent diffraction

Giant molecules or tiny crystals?

Nature Materials volume 7, pages 275–276 (2008)Cite this article

Crystallography and microscopy are alternative pathways for investigating the structure of small objects. More elaborate techniques are needed at length scales where atomic clusters become nanocrystals.

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Figure 1: Theoretical phase diagram of the structure of small particles derived in 1988 by Marks3.

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  1. Ian Robinson is in the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. i.robinson@ucl.ac.uk,

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