scholarly journals Real-time atomic scale observation of void formation and anisotropic growth in II–VI semiconducting ribbons

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (34) ◽  
pp. 12479-12485
Author(s):  
Xing Huang ◽  
Travis Jones ◽  
Hua Fan ◽  
Marc-Georg Willinger
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Void Formation ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Anisotropic Growth ◽  
Transmission Electron

Void formation and anisotropic growth in ZnS ribbons have been studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy.

Atomic-Scale Imaging and Spectroscopy for In Situ Liquid Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine L. Jungjohann ◽  
James E. Evans ◽  
Jeffery A. Aguiar ◽  
Ilke Arslan ◽  
Nigel D. Browning
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Path Length ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Aberration Corrected

AbstractObservation of growth, synthesis, dynamics, and electrochemical reactions in the liquid state is an important yet largely unstudied aspect of nanotechnology. The only techniques that can potentially provide the insights necessary to advance our understanding of these mechanisms is simultaneous atomic-scale imaging and quantitative chemical analysis (through spectroscopy) under environmental conditions in the transmission electron microscope. In this study we describe the experimental and technical conditions necessary to obtain electron energy loss (EEL) spectra from a nanoparticle in colloidal suspension using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) combined with the environmental liquid stage. At a fluid path length below 400 nm, atomic resolution images can be obtained and simultaneous compositional analysis can be achieved. We show that EEL spectroscopy can be used to quantify the total fluid path length around the nanoparticle and demonstrate that characteristic core-loss signals from the suspended nanoparticles can be resolved and analyzed to provide information on the local interfacial chemistry with the surrounding environment. The combined approach using aberration-corrected STEM and EEL spectra with the in situ fluid stage demonstrates a plenary platform for detailed investigations of solution-based catalysis.

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