Atomic electron tomography: 3D structures without crystals

J Miao, P Ercius, SJL Billinge - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND To understand material properties and functionality at the most fundamental
level, one must know the three-dimensional (3D) positions of atoms with high precision. For …

Multifunctional 3D nanoarchitectures for energy storage and conversion

DR Rolison, JW Long, JC Lytle, AE Fischer… - Chemical Society …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and fabrication of three-dimensional multifunctional architectures from the
appropriate nanoscale building blocks, including the strategic use of void space and …

Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles

S Van Aert, KJ Batenburg, MD Rossell, R Erni… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Determining the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of atoms in crystalline nanoparticles is
important for nanometre-scale device engineering and also for applications involving …

Electron tomography at 2.4-ångström resolution

MC Scott, CC Chen, M Mecklenburg, C Zhu, R Xu… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Transmission electron microscopy is a powerful imaging tool that has found broad
application in materials science, nanoscience and biology,,. With the introduction of …

Electron tomography: a three‐dimensional analytic tool for hard and soft materials research

P Ercius, O Alaidi, MJ Rames, G Ren - Advanced materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional (3D) structural analysis is essential to understand the relationship
between the structure and function of an object. Many analytical techniques, such as X‐ray …

Three-dimensional atomic-scale structure of size-selected gold nanoclusters

ZY Li, NP Young, M Di Vece, S Palomba, RE Palmer… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
An unambiguous determination of the three-dimensional structure of nanoparticles is
challenging. Electron tomography requires a series of images taken for many different …

Quantitative atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy

JM LeBeau, SD Findlay, LJ Allen, S Stemmer - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
Complete understanding of atomic resolution high-angle annular dark-field (Z-contrast)
images requires quantitative agreement between simulations and experiments. We show …

3D imaging of nanomaterials by discrete tomography

KJ Batenburg, S Bals, J Sijbers, C Kuebel, PA Midgley… - Ultramicroscopy, 2009 - Elsevier
The field of discrete tomography focuses on the reconstruction of samples that consist of
only a few different materials. Ideally, a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of such a …

Advanced electron microscopy characterization of nanomaterials for catalysis

D Su - Green Energy & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has become one of the most powerful techniques
in the fields of material science, inorganic chemistry and nanotechnology. In terms of …

Structural basis for near unity quantum yield core/shell nanostructures

J McBride, J Treadway, LC Feldman, SJ Pennycook… - Nano Letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
Aberration-corrected Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy of core/shell
nanocrystals shows clear correlations between structure and quantum efficiency. Uniform …