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Title
How precise can atoms of a nanocluster be located in 3D using a tilt series of scanning transmission electron microscopy images?
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Abstract
In this paper, we investigate how precise atoms of a small nanocluster can ultimately be located in three dimensions (3D) from a tilt series of images acquired using annular dark field (ADF) scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Therefore, we derive an expression for the statistical precision with which the 3D atomic position coordinates can be estimated in a quantitative analysis. Evaluating this statistical precision as a function of the microscope settings also allows us to derive the optimal experimental design. In this manner, the optimal angular tilt range, required electron dose, optimal detector angles, and number of projection images can be determined.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Ultramicroscopy. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2017
ISSN
0304-3991
DOI
10.1016/J.ULTRAMIC.2016.12.013
Volume/pages
181 (2017) , p. 134-143
ISI
000411170800016
Pubmed ID
28551505
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Complex hetero-nanosystems: three-dimensional characterisation down to the atomic scale.
Bringing light atoms to light: precise characterization of light-atom nanostructures using transmission electron microscopy.
ESTEEM 2 - Enabling science and technology through European electron microscopy.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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