The AI-enhanced EM Research Unit integrates artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytical technologies with electron microscopy systems to develop and advance high-resolution structural and electronic structure analysis and quantitative data interpretation technologies at atomic and nanoscale levels.
By integrating AI analysis, 4D-STEM, in-situ/operando TEM, and 3D reconstruction technologies, the unit elucidates structure–performance–degradation mechanisms of national strategic materials such as secondary batteries, semiconductors, and energy materials at the atomic level.
Through these efforts, the unit leads problem-solving research based on analytical science and promotes the establishment of next-generation intelligent electron microscopy analysis platforms.
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Research Infrastructure
The AI-enhanced EM Research Unit possesses one of the nation’s most advanced EM analysis infrastructures integrating ultra-high-performance electron microscopes, sample preparation equipment, environmental control systems, and AI analysis technologies, along with specialized research personnel capable of simultaneously advancing analytical technologies and conducting collaborative research.
- Equipment holdings: High-voltage transmission electron microscope (HVEM), Mono Cs TEM/STEM, Cs TEM, Double Cs TEM, FIB and Cryo-FIB, in-situ TEM/SEM systems, air-isolated transfer/analysis chambers, high-resolution EELS/EDS systems, etc.
- Based on unique analytical capabilities linking atomic structure, electronic structure, and dynamic behavior in semiconductors, secondary batteries, catalysts, and energy materials, the unit stably conducts domestic and international collaborative research and commissioned projects with academia, industry, and research institutes.
