Temperature Measurement by a Nanoscale Electron Probe Using Energy Gain and Loss Spectroscopy
Abstract
Heat dissipation in integrated nanoscale devices is a major issue that requires the development of nanoscale temperature probes. In this paper, we report the implementation of a method that combines electron energy gain and loss spectroscopy to provide a direct measurement of the local temperature in the nanoenvironment. Loss and gain peaks corresponding to an optical-phonon mode in boron nitride were measured from room temperature to ~1600 K. Both loss and gain peaks exhibit a shift towards lower energies as the sample is heated up. First-principles calculations of the temperature-induced phonon frequency shifts provide insights into the origin of this effect and confirm the experimental data. The experiments and theory presented here open the doors to the study of anharmonic effects in materials by directly probing phonons in the electron microscope.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Protochips Company, Morrisville, NC (United States)
- Nion Company, Kirkland, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; McMinn Endowment; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1597878
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1423505; OSTI ID: 1544311; OSTI ID: 1784204
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-09ER46554; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; electron energy loss spectroscopy; thermal properties; temperature
Citation Formats
Idrobo, Juan Carlos, Lupini, Andrew R., Feng, Tianli, Unocic, Raymond R., Walden, Franklin S., Gardiner, Daniel S., Lovejoy, Tracy C., Dellby, Niklas, Pantelides, Sokrates T., and Krivanek, Ondrej L. Temperature Measurement by a Nanoscale Electron Probe Using Energy Gain and Loss Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.095901.
Idrobo, Juan Carlos, Lupini, Andrew R., Feng, Tianli, Unocic, Raymond R., Walden, Franklin S., Gardiner, Daniel S., Lovejoy, Tracy C., Dellby, Niklas, Pantelides, Sokrates T., & Krivanek, Ondrej L. Temperature Measurement by a Nanoscale Electron Probe Using Energy Gain and Loss Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.095901
Idrobo, Juan Carlos, Lupini, Andrew R., Feng, Tianli, Unocic, Raymond R., Walden, Franklin S., Gardiner, Daniel S., Lovejoy, Tracy C., Dellby, Niklas, Pantelides, Sokrates T., and Krivanek, Ondrej L. Fri .
"Temperature Measurement by a Nanoscale Electron Probe Using Energy Gain and Loss Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.095901. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597878.
@article{osti_1597878,
title = {Temperature Measurement by a Nanoscale Electron Probe Using Energy Gain and Loss Spectroscopy},
author = {Idrobo, Juan Carlos and Lupini, Andrew R. and Feng, Tianli and Unocic, Raymond R. and Walden, Franklin S. and Gardiner, Daniel S. and Lovejoy, Tracy C. and Dellby, Niklas and Pantelides, Sokrates T. and Krivanek, Ondrej L.},
abstractNote = {Heat dissipation in integrated nanoscale devices is a major issue that requires the development of nanoscale temperature probes. In this paper, we report the implementation of a method that combines electron energy gain and loss spectroscopy to provide a direct measurement of the local temperature in the nanoenvironment. Loss and gain peaks corresponding to an optical-phonon mode in boron nitride were measured from room temperature to ~1600 K. Both loss and gain peaks exhibit a shift towards lower energies as the sample is heated up. First-principles calculations of the temperature-induced phonon frequency shifts provide insights into the origin of this effect and confirm the experimental data. The experiments and theory presented here open the doors to the study of anharmonic effects in materials by directly probing phonons in the electron microscope.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.095901},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 9,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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