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Structure of Nanocrystals, Nanoparticles, and Nanotubes

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This chapter introduces the study of crystallinity in nanostructures, i.e., nanocrystallography. Since the field of nanostructure study is vast and our knowledge about nanostructures is still emerging, we will focus instead on the fundamentals of the manifestation of chemical bonds in nanostructures and their study based on atomic-resolution imaging and electron diffraction.

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Zuo, J.M., Spence, J.C.H. (2017). Structure of Nanocrystals, Nanoparticles, and Nanotubes. In: Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6607-3_17

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