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Nanoscale MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging offers rich three-dimensional pictures, but with limited resolution. Imaging at the nanometre scale has now become possible using highly sensitive force-detection techniques.

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Hammel, P. Nanoscale MRI. Nature 458, 844–845 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458844a

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