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Ultrafast electron energy-loss spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy

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In the quest for dynamic multimodal probing of a material’s structure and functionality, it is critical to be able to quantify the chemical state on the atomic-/nanoscale using element-specific electronic and structurally sensitive tools such as electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). Ultrafast EELS, with combined energy, time, and spatial resolution in a transmission electron microscope, has recently enabled transformative studies of photoexcited nanostructure evolution and mapping of evanescent electromagnetic fields. This article aims to describe state-of-the-art experimental techniques in this emerging field and its major uses and future applications.

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Acknowledgments

E.P. and F.C. acknowledge support from the SNSF (P300P2_158473) and from the NCCR MUST. O.H.K. and Y.J.K. acknowledge support from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS-R020-D1) and NRF Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) (2017R1A2B4010271). R.M.V. is grateful for startup funds provided by the Department of Chemistry at UIUC.

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  1. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    Enrico Pomarico

  2. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    Ye-Jin Kim

  3. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Spain

    F. Javier García de Abajo

  4. Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    Oh-Hoon Kwon

  5. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    Fabrizio Carbone

  6. Department of Chemistry, and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

    Renske M. van der Veen

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Pomarico, E., Kim, YJ., de Abajo, F.J.G. et al. Ultrafast electron energy-loss spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy. MRS Bulletin 43, 497–503 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2018.148

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