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Title: Electron tomography imaging methods with diffraction contrast for materials research

Journal Article · · Microscopy
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  1. Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Ultramicroscopy Research Center; Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Dept. of Advanced Materials Science
  2. System in Fronteir, Inc., Tokyo (Japan)
  3. Research Lab., Mel-Build Corp., Fukuoka (Japan)
  4. Steel Research Lab., Nippon Steel Corp., Chiba (Japan)
  5. Hokkaido Univ. (Japan)
  6. Toray Research Center, Inc., Shiga (Japan). Morphological Research Lab.
  7. Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Ultramicroscopy Research Center; Kyushi Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering
  8. Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Dept. of Advanced Materials Science
  9. Research Lab., Mel-Build Corp., Fukuoka (Japan); Analytical Instruments, Materials and Structural Analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tokyo (Japan)
  10. Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan). Inst. for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) enable the visualization of three-dimensional (3D) microstructures ranging from atomic to micrometer scales using 3D reconstruction techniques based on computed tomography algorithms. This 3D microscopy method is called electron tomography (ET) and has been utilized in the fields of materials science and engineering for more than two decades. Although atomic resolution is one of the current topics in ET research, the development and deployment of intermediate-resolution (non-atomic-resolution) ET imaging methods have garnered considerable attention from researchers. This research trend is probably not irrelevant due to the fact that the spatial resolution and functionality of 3D imaging methods of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray microscopy have come to overlap with those of ET. In other words, there may be multiple ways to carry out 3D visualization using different microscopy methods for nanometer-scale objects in materials. From the above standpoint, this review paper aims to (i) describe the current status and issues of intermediate-resolution ET with regard to enhancing the effectiveness of TEM/STEM imaging and (ii) discuss promising applications of state-of-the-art intermediate-resolution ET for materials research with a particular focus on diffraction contrast ET for crystalline microstructures (superlattice domains and dislocations) including a demonstration of in situ dislocation tomography.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Grant/Contract Number:
JPMJCR18J4; JP18H05479; JP18K18954; JP25286027; JP22360267; JP22310068; JP22102002; JP18681019; JP15360336; AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1638487
Journal Information:
Microscopy, Vol. 69, Issue 3; ISSN 2050-5698
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 13 works
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