This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Conspectus Scanning electron nanobeam diffraction, or 4D-STEM (four-dimensional
scanning transmission electron microscopy), is a flexible and powerful approach to elucidate …

Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is widely used for imaging, diffraction,
and spectroscopy of materials down to atomic resolution. Recent advances in detector …

Advances in science, medicine and engineering rely on breakthroughs in imaging,
particularly for obtaining multiscale, three-dimensional information from functional systems …

Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) allows for imaging, diffraction, and
spectroscopy of materials on length scales ranging from microns to atoms. By using a high …

Semicrystalline polymers are extensively used in various forms, including fibres, films, and
bottles. They exhibit remarkable properties, eg, mechanical and thermal, that are governed …

Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Serial X-ray crystallography at free-electron lasers allows to solve biomolecular structures
from sub-micron-sized crystals. However, beam time at these facilities is scarce, and …

Cellulose is crystallized by plants and other organisms into fibrous nanocrystals. The
mechanical properties of these nanofibers and the formation of helical superstructures with …

Electron crystallography has a storied history which rivals that of its more established X-ray-
enabled counterpart. Recent advances in data collection and analysis have sparked a …