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Nanostructures can pose big measurement problems

While many methods exist for probing atomic structure on the nanoscale, no single technique can provide a unique structural solution for engineered nanostructures. In a new paper researchers from NIST and Michigan State University review various classes of nanostructured materials, list the array of methods currently used to study their atomic makeup and define the problems inherent with each one.

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