Processes such as photosynthesis depend on the interplay between the electric dipoles of chromophore molecules. Yet these dipole–dipole interactions have not been visualized at the atomic level — until now. See Letter p.623
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Schull, G. A close-up view of coupled molecules. Nature 531, 587–588 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/531587a
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