Book chapter
Scanning transmission electron microscopy of nanostructures
Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology
11 Feb 2010
Abstract
This article investigates nanostructures by means of scanning transmission electron microscopy. The electron microscope is uniquely suited to the study of individual nanostructures, allowing differentiation of different structures and properties that is difficult or impossible to do with techniques that provide a spatial average. The present generation of aberration correctors, which correct all aberrations up to third order, makes it possible to obtain sufficient sensitivity to image and spectroscopically analyze single atoms. This article begins with a brief overview of the correction of lens aberration in electron microscopy, followed by several examples of insights into nanomaterials and the atomic origins of their functionality. In particular, it considers semiconductor nanocrystals, semiconductor quantum wires, and nanocatalysts. It also discusses magnetism in gold and silver nanoclusters as well as charge ordering in manganites.
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- Title
- Scanning transmission electron microscopy of nanostructures
- Creators
- M.F Chisholm - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryS.H Oh - Korea Basic Science InstituteK Sohlberg - Drexel UniversityA.R Lupini - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryS.J Pennycook - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryM Varela - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryK van Benthem - University of California, DavisD.L Sales - Ciencia de los Materiales e I.M. y Q.I., Universidad de C´adizS.J Rosenthal - Vanderbilt UniversityW Luo - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryS.T Pantelides - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryA.Y Borisevich - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryJ.R McBride - Vanderbilt UniversityS.I Molina - Ciencia de los Materiales e I.M. y Q.I., Universidad de C´adizM.P Oxley - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Contributors
- A.V Narlikar (Editor) - Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of CambridgeY.Y Fu (Editor) - Peking University
- Publication Details
- Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Other Identifier
- 991019222783404721