Probing Light Atoms at Subnanometer Resolution: Realization of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Holography
Abstract
Atomic resolution imaging of light elements in electron-transparent materials has long been a challenge. Biomolecular materials, for example, are rapidly altered by incident electrons. We demonstrate a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) technique, called STEM holography, capable of efficient structural analysis of beam-sensitive nanomaterials. STEM holography measures the absolute phase and amplitude of electrons passed through a specimen via interference with a vacuum reference wave. We use an amplitude-dividing nanofabricated grating to prepare multiple beams focused at the sample. We configure the postspecimen microscope imaging system to overlap the beams, forming an interference pattern. We record and analyze the pattern at each 2D-raster-scan-position, reconstructing the complex object wave. As a demonstration, we image gold nanoparticles on an amorphous carbon substrate at 2.4 Å resolution. In conclusion STEM holography offers higher contrast of the carbon while maintaining gold atomic lattice resolution compared to high angle annular dark field STEM.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
- Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States); Georg-August-Univ. Gottingen, Gottingen (Germany)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1510749
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 4D-STEM; Electron holography; electron interferometry; nanomaterials imaging; STEM; TEM
Citation Formats
Yasin, Fehmi S., Harvey, Tyler R., Chess, Jordan J., Pierce, Jordan S., Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, and McMorran, Benjamin J. Probing Light Atoms at Subnanometer Resolution: Realization of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Holography. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03166.
Yasin, Fehmi S., Harvey, Tyler R., Chess, Jordan J., Pierce, Jordan S., Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, & McMorran, Benjamin J. Probing Light Atoms at Subnanometer Resolution: Realization of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Holography. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03166
Yasin, Fehmi S., Harvey, Tyler R., Chess, Jordan J., Pierce, Jordan S., Ophus, Colin, Ercius, Peter, and McMorran, Benjamin J. Fri .
"Probing Light Atoms at Subnanometer Resolution: Realization of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Holography". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03166. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510749.
@article{osti_1510749,
title = {Probing Light Atoms at Subnanometer Resolution: Realization of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Holography},
author = {Yasin, Fehmi S. and Harvey, Tyler R. and Chess, Jordan J. and Pierce, Jordan S. and Ophus, Colin and Ercius, Peter and McMorran, Benjamin J.},
abstractNote = {Atomic resolution imaging of light elements in electron-transparent materials has long been a challenge. Biomolecular materials, for example, are rapidly altered by incident electrons. We demonstrate a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) technique, called STEM holography, capable of efficient structural analysis of beam-sensitive nanomaterials. STEM holography measures the absolute phase and amplitude of electrons passed through a specimen via interference with a vacuum reference wave. We use an amplitude-dividing nanofabricated grating to prepare multiple beams focused at the sample. We configure the postspecimen microscope imaging system to overlap the beams, forming an interference pattern. We record and analyze the pattern at each 2D-raster-scan-position, reconstructing the complex object wave. As a demonstration, we image gold nanoparticles on an amorphous carbon substrate at 2.4 Å resolution. In conclusion STEM holography offers higher contrast of the carbon while maintaining gold atomic lattice resolution compared to high angle annular dark field STEM.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03166},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 11,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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