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A physics-informed, domain-adaptive CycleGAN-UNet maps apparent Z-height in atomically dispersed catalysts from AC-STEM images, achieving ~95% atom detection precision and ~2-nanometer binning.
- Why it matters: Depth ambiguity and experimental noise in AC-STEM make it hard to distinguish isolated atoms from projected dimers or small clusters, limiting transfer of ML methods beyond ideal simulations.
- What they did: The approach uses CycleGAN to translate height-labeled simulations into experimental-like images and a depth-supervised UNet to localize atoms and classify discrete Z-height, with support-specific simulations for am-C, thickness variation, and crystalline supports.
- The result: Across metals (Mn, Fe, Cu, Pd, Pt) and supports (am-C, black phosphorus, polymeric carbon nitride), it produces quantitative apparent Z-height atomic maps and, in geminal Pt/PCN catalysts, resolves loading-linked transitions from Pt monomers to Pt 2 sites tied to dehydrogenative aromatization activity.
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