The first diffraction patterns from the individual atomic packing clusters in a metallic glass finally enable the direct study of local order in amorphous alloys.
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Ma, E., Zhang, Z. Reflections from the glass maze. Nature Mater 10, 10–11 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2924
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