Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has emerged as a uniquely powerful
tool for structural and functional imaging of materials on the atomic level. Driven by …

Conspectus Scanning electron nanobeam diffraction, or 4D-STEM (four-dimensional
scanning transmission electron microscopy), is a flexible and powerful approach to elucidate …

Nanostructured metals are usually strong because the ultrahigh density of internal
boundaries restricts the mean free path of dislocations. Usually, they are also more brittle …

Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) allows for imaging, diffraction, and
spectroscopy of materials on length scales ranging from microns to atoms. By using a high …

Corrosion is a ubiquitous failure mode of materials. Often, the progression of localized
corrosion is accompanied by the evolution of porosity in materials previously reported to be …

The ability to alloy different elements is critical for property tuning and materials discovery.
However, general alloying at the nanoscale remains extremely challenging due to strong …

Ptychographic Coherent Diffractive Imaging enables diffraction-limited imaging of nanoscale
structures at extreme ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths, where high-quality image-forming …

Crystalline materials used in technological applications are often complex assemblies
composed of multiple phases and differently oriented grains. Robust identification of the …

Electron ptychography is a 4-D STEM phase-contrast imaging technique with applications to
light-element and beam-sensitive materials. Although the electron dose (electrons incident …

High or medium-entropy alloys (HEAs/MEAs) are multi-principal element alloys with equal
atomic elemental composition, some of which have shown record-breaking mechanical …