A newly developed microdiffraction technique for solving the structure of very small single crystals hails a new era in the structural characterization of complex materials.
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Eddaoudi, M. Size almost doesn't matter. Nature Mater 6, 718–719 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2020
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