Research progress on the crystal structure determination using electron diffraction

Abstract

Electron diffraction is one of the basic techniques to study crystal structures. With the improvement of the transmission electron microscope hardware facilities and the development of structural analysis methods, electron diffraction plays an increasingly important role in exploring the relationship between the material structures and their physical properties. In this review, the progress of crystal structure determination using electron diffraction was mainly discussed. Our group has analyzed many complex crystal structures including inorganic functional materials, zeolites and covalent organic framework materials, utilizing selected area electron diffraction and three-dimensional electron diffraction technology combined with powder X-ray diffraction, single crystal X-ray diffraction, high-resolution electron microscopy and other characterization methods.