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Role of Advanced Electron Microscopy in Unraveling Complex Microstructure in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2020

Songting Cai
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Zhongzhen Luo
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Vinayak Dravid
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States

Abstract

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Type
Crystallography at the Nanoscale and MicroED with Electrons and X-rays
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2020

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This work was supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences under grant DE-SC0014520, DOE Office of Science. This work made use of the EPIC facility of Northwestern University's NUANCE Center, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF ECCS-1542205); the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1720139) at the Materials Research Center; the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN); the Keck Foundation; and the State of Illinois, through the IIN. User Facilities are supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 and DE-AC02-05CH11231.Google Scholar