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This work is a climax of a long-term effort to introduce a method of determining accurately crystal structures of micro- and nanocrystals using electron diffraction. We demonstrate that our method yields more accurate results compared to the alternative approaches. Most importantly, it allows the determination of the handedness of the molecules in the crystal – a property that is extremely important to know, but also very hard to determine, if only nanocrystals of the material are available.
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Schematic representation of the main result of the work: the yellow beam symbolizes the electron beam, thanks to which it is possible to "break the mirror," i.e., to distinguish between two mirror images of the same molecule.
Collaborating institutions: Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Contact person: Lukáš Palatinus