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Simulation of bonding effects in HRTEM images of light element materials
- Source :
- Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 394-404 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Beilstein-Institut, 2011.
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Abstract
- The accuracy of multislice high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) simulation can be improved by calculating the scattering potential using density functional theory (DFT) Gemming, T.; Möbus, G.; Exner, M.; Ernst, F.; Rühle, M. J. Microsc. 1998, 190, 89–98. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.3110863.xDeng, B.; Marks, L. D. Acta Crystallogr., Sect. A 2006, 62, 208–216. doi:10.1107/S010876730601004X. This approach accounts for the fact that electrons in the specimen are redistributed according to their local chemical environment. This influences the scattering process and alters the absolute and relative contrast in the final image. For light element materials with well defined geometry, such as graphene and hexagonal boron nitride monolayers, the DFT based simulation scheme turned out to be necessary to prevent misinterpretation of weak signals, such as the identification of nitrogen substitutions in a graphene network. Furthermore, this implies that the HRTEM image does not only contain structural information (atom positions and atomic numbers). Instead, information on the electron charge distribution can be gained in addition.In order to produce meaningful results, the new input parameters need to be chosen carefully. Here we present details of the simulation process and discuss the influence of the main parameters on the final result. Furthermore we apply the simulation scheme to three model systems: A single atom boron and a single atom oxygen substitution in graphene and an oxygen adatom on graphene.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
HRTEM
General Physics and Astronomy
Nanotechnology
Electron
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Molecular physics
lcsh:Technology
DFT
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21904286 and 13652818
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d345d620151bc21b62dd9936a70ca204