“…In this work, we present an atomic resolution live (in-situ) study of electron beaminduced transformations in core/shell Fe3O4/Mn3O4 and Mn3O4/Fe3O4 nanoparticles by means of high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with electron energy-loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS). Interestingly, the manganese oxideiron oxide nanoparticles system is appealing not only for its unique magnetic properties (e.g., antiferromagnetic interface coupling or magnetic proximity effects) [10,[38][39][40] but also for its applications in diverse fields like catalysis and environmental remediation [41,42], batteries and supercapacitors [43,44], microwave components [45] or biomedicine [46,47]. Our results, acquired within time scale of minutes, show that the nanoparticles under electron irradiation can develop a variety of defects, including formation of voids and dislocations, as the Mn3O4 component is forced to reduce to MnO.…”