Most compounds form crystals so small that scientists cannot experimentally determine their atomic structures using X-ray crystallography. Microcrystal electron diffraction now provides a unique solution for this challenge.
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Sitsel, O., Raunser, S. Big insights from tiny crystals. Nature Chem 11, 106–108 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0211-3
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