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Annular Dark Field Imaging in Stem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Sean Hillyard  and
John Silcox
Sean Hillyard
Affiliation:
School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 14850
John Silcox
Affiliation:
School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 14850
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Abstract

Annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (ADF STEM) is chemically sensitive at high spatial resolution (e.g., 1.8ë at 100keV). Images can be digitally acquired and recorded, permitting quantitative analysis. It is particularly powerful when used in combination with complementary analysis modes such as x-ray microanalysis and transmission electron energy loss spectroscopy. Critical to the interpretation of these data is an understanding and determination of the electron probe intensity, shape and propagation characteristics inside the specimen. Quantitative measurements of diffraction patterns and images in comparison with computer-based simulations (including phonon scattering) provide a basis for developing that information. Results of a series of studies are reviewed that address questions such as defocus and other instrumental factors, and also the formation of channeling peaks that appear on the atomic columns along zone axes. For example, along Si(100) a peak forms and penetrates over 500ë whereas along Ge(100) it developes rapidly but disappears in less than 200ë. In higher atomic number elements, the penetration is even less (e.g. 1 O0ë for In).

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 332: Symposium U – Determining Nanoscale Physical Properties of Materials by Microscopy and Spectroscopy , 1994 , 361
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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