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Good vibrations

Nature volume 514, pages 177–178 (2014)Cite this article

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A newly constructed electron-energy monochromator for an atomic-resolution transmission electron microscope has resolved spectroscopic signatures of chemical-bond vibrations that are spatially highly localized. See Letter p.209

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Figure 1: Spatially resolved vibrational spectroscopy.

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