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Title
Recent breakthroughs in scanning transmission electron microscopy of small species
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Abstract
Over the last decade, scanning transmission electron microscopy has become one of the most powerful tools to characterise nanomaterials at the atomic scale. Often, the ultimate goal is to retrieve the three-dimensional structure, which is very challenging since small species are typically sensitive to electron irradiation. Nevertheless, measuring individual atomic positions is crucial to understand the relation between the structure and physicochemical properties of these (nano)materials. In this review, we highlight the latest approaches that are available to reveal the 3D atomic structure of small species. Finally, we will provide an outlook and will describe future challenges where the limits of electron microscopy will be pushed even further.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Advances in Physics: X
Publication
Abingdon : Taylor & francis ltd , 2018
ISSN
2374-6149
DOI
10.1080/23746149.2018.1480420
Volume/pages
3 :1 (2018) , p. 814-832
ISI
000441619500001
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Bringing light atoms to light: precise characterization of light-atom nanostructures using transmission electron microscopy.
Complex hetero-nanosystems: three-dimensional characterisation down to the atomic scale.
Colouring Atoms in 3 Dimensions (COLOURATOM).
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 21.08.2018
Last edited 09.10.2023
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