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- Title
Electron diffractive imaging of oxygen atoms in nanocrystals at sub-ångström resolution.
- Authors
De Caro, Liberato; Carlino, Elvio; Caputo, Gianvito; Cozzoli, Pantaleo Davide; Giannini, Cinzia
- Abstract
High-resolution imaging of low-atomic-number chemical elements using electron microscopy is challenging and may require the use of high doses of electrons. Electron diffractive imaging, which creates real-space images using diffraction intensities and phase retrieval methods, could overcome such issues, although it is also subject to limitations. Here, we show that a combination of electron diffractive imaging and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy can image individual TiO2 nanocrystals with a resolution of 70 pm while exposing the specimen to a low dose of electrons. Our approach, which does not require spherical and chromatic aberration correction, can reveal the location of light atoms (oxygen) in the crystal lattice. We find that the unit cell in nanoscale TiO2 is subtly different to that in the corresponding bulk.
- Subjects
ELECTRON microscopy; ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALS; ATOMS; CRYSTAL lattices
- Publication
Nature Nanotechnology, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 5, p360
- ISSN
1748-3387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nnano.2010.55