Optical spectroscopy goes intramolecular

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Joanna M. Atkin and Markus B. Raschke
Nature 498, 44 (2013).
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Optical spectroscopic imaging has taken a leap into the intramolecular regime with an approach that achieves subnanometre spatial resolution. The technique should find applications in photochemistry and nanotechnology.