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Better vision with electron lenses

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Lenses used in electron microscopy have aberrations that limit their resolution. Successful correction of spherical aberration is now possible, opening the door to three-dimensional, sub-ångström imaging of atomic arrangements.

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Figure 1: Image of gold islands on an amorphous carbon substrate (from Batson et al.1).

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