• 文献标题:   Graphene Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy: Progress, Applications, and Perspectives
  • 文献类型:   Review
  • 作  者:   PARK J, KOO K, NOH N, HA CHANG J, CHEONG JY, DAE KS, PARK JS, JI S, KIM ID, YUK JM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene liquid cell, liquidphase transmission electron microscopy, graphene, nanoparticle, mineralization, battery material, life science, in situ electron microscopy, operando electron microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
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  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.0c10229 EA JAN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Graphene liquid cell electron microscopy (GLC-EM), a cutting-edge liquid-phase EM technique, has become a powerful tool to directly visualize wet biological samples and the microstructural dynamics of nanomaterials in liquids. GLC uses graphene sheets with a one carbon atom thickness as a viewing window and a liquid container. As a result, GLC facilitates atomic-scale observation while sustaining intact liquids inside an ultrahigh-vacuum transmission electron microscopy chamber. Using GLC-EM, diverse scientific results have been recently reported in the material, colloidal, environmental, and life science fields. Here, the developments of GLC fabrications, such as first-generation veil-type cells, second-generation well-type cells, and third-generation liquid-flowing cells, are summarized. Moreover, recent GLC-EM studies on colloidal nanoparticles, battery electrodes, mineralization, and wet biological samples are also highlighted. Finally, the considerations and future opportunities associated with GLC-EM are discussed to offer broad understanding and insight on atomic-resolution imaging in liquid-state dynamics.