Journal
COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages 106-113Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2014.12.016
Keywords
Atom probe tomography; Field evaporation; Evaporation model; Tip shape evolution; Level set; Interface tracking
Funding
- DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research located at PNNL
- William R. Wiley postdoctoral fellowship
- LDRD
- U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle [DE-AC06-76RL01830]
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In atom probe tomography (APT), accurate reconstruction of the spatial positions of field evaporated ions from measured detector patterns depends upon a correct understanding of the dynamic tip shape evolution and evaporation laws of component atoms. Artifacts in APT reconstructions of heterogeneous materials can be attributed to the assumption of homogeneous evaporation of all the elements in the material in addition to the assumption of a steady state hemispherical dynamic tip shape evolution. A level set method-based specimen shape evolution model is developed in this study to simulate the evaporation of synthetic layered-structured APT tips. The simulation results of the shape evolution by the level set model qualitatively agree with the finite element method and the literature data using the finite difference method. The asymmetric evolving shape predicted by the level set model demonstrates the complex evaporation behavior of heterogeneous tip and the interface curvature can potentially lead to the artifacts in the APT reconstruction of such materials. Compared with other APT simulation methods, the new method provides smoother interface representation with the aid of the intrinsic sub-grid accuracy. Two evaporation models (linear and exponential evaporation laws) are implemented in the level set simulations and the effect of evaporation laws on the tip shape evolution is also presented. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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