Journal
ULTRAMICROSCOPY
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 17-22Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.11.002
Keywords
Nanostructure; Orientation mapping; Transmission Kikuchi diffraction; Scanning electron microscopy; Spatial resolution
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- LabEx DAMAS
- National Science Center [DEC-2012/06/M/ST8/00449]
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Conventional orientation mapping in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a valuable technique for characterizing crystalline materials, but its application to ultrafine or nano-grain materials is limited by its spatial resolution. The resolution can be increased by collecting transmission diffraction patterns in SEM. In previous works, such patterns were collected using off-axis detectors in nearly vertical position. To avoid some drawbacks of such arrangement, a new configuration was devised in which the scintillator is located underneath the thin foil on the optical axis of the microscope, and the light is reflected towards the camera by a mirror. This simple configuration gives intense patterns even at very low probe currents, and can be potentially used for collecting maps of relatively high spatial resolution. Example maps reveal details with dimensions of about 5 nm. Because of its resolution and geometric simplicity, the proposed configuration will open new opportunities in SEM-based characterization of nanocrystalline materials. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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