Automated Crystal Orientation Mapping in py4DSTEM using Sparse Correlation Matching

Ophus, Colin; Zeltmann, Steven E.; Bruefach, Alexandra; Rakowski, Alexander; Savitzky, Benjamin H.; Minor, Andrew M.; Scott, Mary C.

doi:10.1017/S1431927622000101

Title: Automated Crystal Orientation Mapping in py4DSTEM using Sparse Correlation Matching

Journal Article · Wed Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Microscopy and Microanalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622000101· OSTI ID:1897785

; Zeltmann, Steven E.; Bruefach, Alexandra; Rakowski, Alexander; Savitzky, Benjamin H.; Minor, Andrew M.; Scott, Mary C.

Crystalline materials used in technological applications are often complex assemblies composed of multiple phases and differently oriented grains. Robust identification of the phases and orientation relationships from these samples is crucial, but the information extracted from the diffraction condition probed by an electron beam is often incomplete. We have developed an automated crystal orientation mapping (ACOM) procedure which uses a converged electron probe to collect diffraction patterns from multiple locations across a complex sample. We provide an algorithm to determine the orientation of each diffraction pattern based on a fast sparse correlation method. We demonstrate the speed and accuracy of our method by indexing diffraction patterns generated using both kinematical and dynamical simulations. We have also measured orientation maps from an experimental dataset consisting of a complex polycrystalline twisted helical AuAgPd nanowire. From these maps we identify twin planes between adjacent grains, which may be responsible for the twisted helical structure. All of our methods are made freely available as open source code, including tutorials which can be easily adapted to perform ACOM measurements on diffraction pattern datasets.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: 4D Data Distillery; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1897785

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1891482

Journal Information:: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Journal Name: Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol. 28 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 1431-9276

Publisher:: Oxford University PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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