In the past few years, many exciting papers reported results based on crystal structure determination by electron diffraction. The aim of this review is to provide general and practical information to structural chemists interested in stepping into this emerging field. We discuss technical characteristics of electron microscopes for research units that would like to acquire their own instrumentation, as well as those practical aspects that appear different between X-ray and electron crystallography. We also include a discussion about applications where electron crystallography provides information that is different, and possibly complementary, with respect to what is available from X-ray crystallography.

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用于化学分析的 3D 电子衍射：仪器开发和创新应用

在过去的几年中，许多令人兴奋的论文报道了基于电子衍射确定晶体结构的结果。这篇综述的目的是为有兴趣进入这一新兴领域的结构化学家提供一般和实用的信息。我们为希望获得自己的仪器的研究单位讨论电子显微镜的技术特性，以及 X 射线和电子晶体学之间出现不同的实际方面。我们还讨论了电子晶体学提供的信息的应用，这些信息与 X 射线晶体学提供的信息不同，而且可能是互补的。