In-line three-dimensional holography of nanocrystalline objects at atomic resolution
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© 2016, Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Resolution and sensitivity of the latest generation aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopes allow the vast majority of single atoms to be imaged with sub-Ångstrom resolution and their locations determined in an image plane with a precision that exceeds the 1.9-pm wavelength of 300 kV electrons. Such unprecedented performance allows expansion of electron microscopic investigations with atomic resolution into the third dimension. Here we report a general tomographic method to recover the three-dimensional shape of a crystalline particle from high-resolution images of a single projection without the need for sample rotation. The method is compatible with low dose rate electron microscopy, which improves on signal quality, while minimizing electron beam-induced structure modifications even for small particles or surfaces. We apply it to germanium, gold and magnesium oxide particles, and achieve a depth resolution of 1-2 Å, which is smaller than inter-atomic distances.
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- National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin Chu (Taiwan)
- Univ. of Antwerp, Antwerpen (Belgium)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
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- 1255549
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- OSTI ID: 1379098
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- AC02-05CH11231; VF04812N; NSC 96-2628-E-007-017-MY3
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- Nature Communications
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- Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Chen, F. -R., Van Dyck, D., and Kisielowski, C. In-line three-dimensional holography of nanocrystalline objects at atomic resolution. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms10603.
Chen, F. -R., Van Dyck, D., & Kisielowski, C. In-line three-dimensional holography of nanocrystalline objects at atomic resolution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10603
Chen, F. -R., Van Dyck, D., and Kisielowski, C. Thu .
"In-line three-dimensional holography of nanocrystalline objects at atomic resolution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10603. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255549.
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