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Analyzing the composition, microstructure and electronic structure of materials at the atomic/nanoscale is key issues for material science, which provides the information necessary for correlating the microstructures and the measured chemical and physical properties of a solid specimen. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) are two important techniques for determining the structure and/or chemical composition of a solid. Benefited from the development of electron microscope, the application of EDS and EELS is growing rapidly worldwide.
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Zhang, Z., Yue, Y., He, J. (2018). Spectroscopy. In: Wang, R., Wang, C., Zhang, H., Tao, J., Bai, X. (eds) Progress in Nanoscale Characterization and Manipulation. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 272. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0454-5_5
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