과제정보
The authors of this work acknowledge Prof S. E. Donnelly for access to the MIAMI-2 facility (grant ref. EPSRC EP/M028283/1) through the EPSRC-funded mid-range facility, the UK National Ion Beam Centre (NS/A000059/1). This work has been part-funded by the EPSRC Energy Programme [grant number EP/W006839/1]. The authors acknowledge Prof Yu Lung Chiu and the Centre for Electron Microscopy at the University of Birmingham for the provided support and assistance.
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