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Microscopy sparks development

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Electron microscopy has seen a massive boom in China. Ze Zhang and Xiaodong Han discuss what this could mean for materials research and development.

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Figure 1: Number of electron microscopes in China.

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  1. Ze Zhang is in the Department of Materials Science and the State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, China,

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  2. Xiaodong Han is in the Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, China,

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