3D Electron Diffraction: The Nanocrystallography Revolution
Italian Institute of Technology · Center for Nanotechnology Innovation · +14 more institutions
Abstract
Crystallography of nanocrystalline materials has witnessed a true revolution in the past 10 years, thanks to the introduction of protocols for 3D acquisition and analysis of electron diffraction data. This method provides single-crystal data of structure solution and refinement quality, allowing the atomic structure determination of those materials that remained hitherto unknown because of their limited crystallinity. Several experimental protocols exist, which share the common idea of sampling a sequence of diffraction patterns while the crystal is tilted around a noncrystallographic axis, namely, the goniometer axis of the transmission electron microscope sample stage. This Outlook reviews most important 3D…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 39.55
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 175
Authors
8- MGMauro GemmiCorresponding
Italian Institute of Technology, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation
- EMEnrico Mugnaioli
Italian Institute of Technology, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation
- TETatiana E. Gorelik
Universität Ulm
- UKUte Kolb
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Technische Universität Darmstadt
- LPLukáš Palatinus
Czech Academy of Sciences, FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Topics & keywords
- Electron diffraction
- Diffraction
- Nanocrystalline material
- Electron backscatter diffraction
- Reflection high-energy electron diffraction
- Goniometer
- Crystallography
- Transmission electron microscopy
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