3D Electron Diffraction: The Nanocrystallography Revolution

Mauro Gemmi1, Enrico Mugnaioli1, Tatiana E Gorelik2

  • 1Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Piazza S. Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy.

ACS Central Science
|September 5, 2019
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