Publication
Title
Annular dark field imaging in a TEM
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Abstract
Annular objective apertures are fabricated for a CM300 transmission electron microscope using a focused ion beam system. A central beam stop in the back focal plane of the objective lens of the microscope blocks all electrons scattered up to a semi-angle of approximately 20 mrad. In this manner, contributions to the image from Bragg scattering are largely reduced and the image contrast is sensitive to the atomic number Z. Experimentally, we find that single atom scattering cross sections measured with this technique are close to Rutherford scattering values. A comparison between this new method and STEM-HAADF shows that both techniques result in qualitatively similar images although the resolution of ADF-TEM is limited by contrast delocalization caused by the spherical aberration of the objective lens. This problem can be overcome by using an aberration corrected microscope.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Solid state communications. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2004
ISSN
0038-1098
DOI
10.1016/J.SSC.2004.03.035
Volume/pages
130 :10 (2004) , p. 675-680
ISI
000221489300007
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI).
Optimalization of Focused Ion Deam (FIB) sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy of alloys.
Structural characterization and growth modeling of metallic nanowires mediated by biomolecular templates.
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