Mapping atomic orbitals with the transmission electron microscope: Images of defective graphene predicted from first-principles theory
arXiv:1610.02204 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.036801
Abstract
Transmission electron microscopy has been a promising candidate for mapping atomic orbitals for a long time. Here, we explore its capabilities by a first principles approach. For the example of defected graphene, exhibiting either an isolated vacancy or a substitutional nitrogen atom, we show that three different kinds of images are to be expected, depending on the orbital character. To judge the feasibility of visualizing orbitals in a real microscope, the effect of the optics aberrations is simulated. We demonstrate that, by making use of energy-filtering, it should indeed be possible to map atomic orbitals in a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope.
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