Transmission Electron Microscopy for Investigating Nanomaterials: Structural Analysis, Physical Properties, and Dynamic Behaviors

Dear Colleagues,

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has made remarkable strides in both technological developments and application fields in the past few decades. Thanks to the invention of the Cs/Cc aberration corrector and the development of ptychography, the spatial resolution of the transmission electron microscope has been drastically enhanced, achieving precision better than 20 pm, while the combination of laser and transmission electron microscopes has advanced the temporal resolution of real-space images into the attosecond regime. Additionally, in-line/off-axis electron holography and 4D-STEM have been successfully employed to investigate the charge density distribution. With its exceptional spatial/time resolution and high flexibility, TEM plays a pivotal role in physics, materials science, biology, medicine, and many other fields.

This Special Issue focuses on the latest cutting-edge theoretical and technological developments of TEM, along with their practical applications for characterizing structures, physical properties, and dynamic behaviors of nanomaterials. Our goal is twofold: first, to accelerate the adoption of emerging TEM techniques for nanomaterial characterization, and second, to chart new directions in transmission electron microscopy by analyzing the challenges encountered during the characterization of nanomaterial properties.

We are delighted to declare that submissions are now open for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Wanpeng Li
Dr. Xiaocui Li
Guest Editors

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• electron diffraction
• HRTEM
• STEM-HAADF/ABF
• in-line/off-axis electron holography
• ultrafast TEM, in situ TEM
• 4D-STEM
• EELS
• EDS
• nanomaterials