Nanostructures have attracted huge interest as a rapidly growing class of materials for many
applications. Several techniques have been used to characterize the size, crystal structure …

This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

BACKGROUND Transmission electron microscopy offers structural and compositional
information with atomic resolution, but its use is restricted to thin, solid samples. Liquid …

Liquid cell electron microscopy enables direct in situ imaging of processes in liquids and
objects suspended in liquids with nanoscale resolution. However, the irradiating electrons …

Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been recently applied to
materials chemistry to gain fundamental understanding of various reaction and phase …

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are nanometer-sized particles of semiconductor dispersed
in a solvent with the aid of a stabilizing ligand. CQDs' physical dimensions and shape dictate …

On solvent evaporation, non-interacting monodisperse colloidal particles self-assemble into
a close-packed superlattice. Although the initial and final states can be readily …

Although nanocrystal morphology is controllable using conventional colloidal synthesis,
multiple characterization techniques are typically needed to determine key properties like …