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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Physical Chemistry

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  • Electron beams are crucial for nanoscale fabrication and analysis.
  • Understanding electron-matter interactions at the molecular to nano scale is limited.
  • This knowledge gap hinders advanced nanotechnology development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To rationalize and quantify electron beam-induced processes at the molecular level.
  • To identify key parameters governing molecular reactions under electron irradiation.
  • To enable prediction of molecular reactivity in nanoscale systems.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized *operando* liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy.
  • Integrated density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
  • Employed a mathematical random search algorithm for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Identified critical physical and chemical parameters influencing polymerization rates.
  • Quantified electron beam-induced reaction dynamics at the molecular scale.
  • Established a predictive framework for molecular reactivity.

Conclusions:

  • Provided a fundamental understanding of electron beam-matter interactions at the nanoscale.
  • Enabled prediction of molecular reactivity from a classical chemistry viewpoint.
  • Findings are applicable to soft matter systems and electron beam-based technologies.