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Nanoparticle atoms pinpointed

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The locations of atoms in a metallic alloy nanoparticle have been determined using a combination of electron microscopy and image simulation, revealing links between the particle's structure and magnetic properties. See Letter p.75

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Figure 1: A metallic nanoparticle under the microscope.

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  1. Michael Farle is in the Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47057 Duisburg, Germany, and the Center for Functionalized Magnetic Materials, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236041 Kaliningrad, Russia.,

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Farle, M. Nanoparticle atoms pinpointed. Nature 542, 35–36 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/542035a

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