Multimodal hard x-ray imaging with resolution approaching 10 nm for studies in material science

Yan, Hanfei; Bouet, Nathalie; Zhou, Juan; Huang, Xiaojing; Nazaretski, Evgeny; Xu, Weihe; Cocco, Alex P.; Chiu, Wilson K. S.; Brinkman, Kyle S.; Chu, Yong S.

doi:10.1088/2399-1984/aab25d

Title: Multimodal hard x-ray imaging with resolution approaching 10 nm for studies in material science

Journal Article · 19 March 2018 · Nano Futures

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-1984/aab25d · OSTI ID:1497383

^[1]; Bouet, Nathalie ^[1]; Zhou, Juan ^[1];

^[1]; Nazaretski, Evgeny ^[1]; Xu, Weihe ^[1]; Cocco, Alex P. ^[2]; Chiu, Wilson K. S. ^[2];

^[3]; Chu, Yong S. ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC (United States)

We report multimodal scanning hard x-ray imaging with spatial resolution approaching 10 nm and its application to contemporary studies in the field of material science. The high spatial resolution is achieved by focusing hard x-rays with two crossed multilayer Laue lenses and raster-scanning a sample with respect to the nanofocusing optics. Various techniques are used to characterize and verify the achieved focus size and imaging resolution. Here, the multimodal imaging is realized by utilizing simultaneously absorption-, phase-, and fluorescence-contrast mechanisms. The combination of high spatial resolution and multimodal imaging enables a comprehensive study of a sample on a very fine length scale. In this work, the unique multimodal imaging capability was used to investigate a mixed ionic-electronic conducting ceramic-based membrane material employed in solid oxide fuel cells and membrane separations (compound of Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_2–x and CoFe₂O₄) which revealed the existence of an emergent material phase and quantified the chemical complexity at the nanoscale.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Heterogeneous Functional Materials Center (HeteroFoaM); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1497383

Report Number(s):: BNL-211309-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nano Futures, Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2399-1984

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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