Journal
ULTRAMICROSCOPY
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 115-124Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.02.007
Keywords
TEM; STEM; EELS; Inelastic scattering; Delocalization; Radiation damage
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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We discuss the delocalization of the inelastic scattering of 60-300 keV electrons in a thin specimen, for energy losses below 50 eV where the delocalization length exceeds atomic dimensions. Analytical expressions are derived for the point spread function (PSF) that describes the radial distribution of this scattering, based on its angular distribution and a dielectric representation of energy loss. We also compute a PSF for energy deposition, which is directly related to the radiolysis damage created by a small-diameter probe. These concepts are used to explain the damage kinetics, measured as a function of probe diameter, in various polymers. We also evaluate a leapfrog coarse-scanning procedure as a technique for energy-filtered imaging of a beam-sensitive specimen. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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