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Tracking atomic-scale interdiffusion in immiscible bimetallic nanoparticles via four-dimensional electron tomography
Jisheng Xie, Dijin Jiang, Zhen Sun +4
The interdiffusion of immiscible elements is generally considered both thermodynamically unfavorable and kinetically hindered. At the nanoscale, however, the mixing behavior of mul…
Physics-aware neural networks enable robust and full atomic structure determination via low-dose atomic electron tomography
Yao Zhang, Lanyi Cao, Zhen Sun +1
Atomic electron tomography (AET) determines the three-dimensional (3D) coordinates and chemical identities of individual atoms from a series of scanning transmission electron micro…
Tracking four-dimensional atomic evolutions of single nanocatalysts throughout the life cycles
Jisheng Xie, Zhiheng Xie, Dijin Jiang +5
Structural changes induced by chemical reactions critically determine the catalytic performance and mechanism. However, precise tracking of the three-dimensional (3D) atomic struct…
Crystal nucleation and growth in high-entropy alloys revealed by atomic electron tomography
Yakun Yuan, Saman Moniri, Yao Yang +8
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) balance mixing entropy and intermetallic phase formation enthalpy, creating a vast compositional space for structural and functional materials (1-6). The…
Non-Destructive, High-Resolution, Chemically Specific, 3D Nanostructure Characterization using Phase-Sensitive EUV Imaging Reflectometry
Michael Tanksalvala, Christina L. Porter, Yuka Esashi +22
Next-generation nano and quantum devices have increasingly complex 3D structure. As the dimensions of these devices shrink to the nanoscale, their performance is often governed by…
Three-dimensional atomic interface between metal and oxide in Zr-ZrO2 nanoparticles
Yao Zhang, Zezhou Li, Xing Tong +6
Metal-oxide interfaces with poor coherency have unique properties comparing to the bulk materials and offer broad applications in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis, battery, an…
Janus icosahedral particles: amorphization driven by three-dimensional atomic misfit and edge dislocation compensation
Zhen Sun, Yao Zhang, Zezhou Li +5
Icosahedral nanoparticles composed of fivefold twinned tetrahedra have broad applications. The strain relief mechanism and angular deficiency in icosahedral multiply twinned partic…
Three-dimensional atomic positions and local chemical order of medium- and high-entropy alloys
Saman Moniri, Yao Yang, Yakun Yuan +9
Medium- and high-entropy alloys (M/HEAs) mix multiple principal elements with near-equiatomic composition and represent a paradigm-shift strategy for designing new materials for me…
Probing the atomically diffuse interfaces in core-shell nanoparticles in three dimensions
Zezhou Li, Zhiheng Xie, Yao Zhang +5
Deciphering the three-dimensional atomic structure of solid-solid interfaces in core-shell nanomaterials is the key to understand their remarkable catalytical, optical and electron…
Atomic-scale identification of the active sites of nanocatalysts
Yao Yang, Jihan Zhou, Zipeng Zhao +15
Alloy nanocatalysts have found broad applications ranging from fuel cells to catalytic converters and hydrogenation reactions. Despite extensive studies, identifying the active sit…
X-ray linear dichroic ptychography
Yuan Hung Lo, Jihan Zhou, Arjun Rana +11
Biominerals such as seashells, corals skeletons, bone, and enamel are optically anisotropic crystalline materials with unique nano- and micro-scale organization that translates int…
Direct observation of 3D atomic packing in monatomic amorphous materials
Yakun Yuan, Dennis S. Kim, Jihan Zhou +10
Liquids and solids are two fundamental states of matter. However, due to the lack of direct experimental determination, our understanding of the 3D atomic structure of liquids and…
Determining the three-dimensional atomic structure of a metallic glass
Yao Yang, Jihan Zhou, Fan Zhu +12
Amorphous solids such as glass are ubiquitous in our daily life and have found broad applications ranging from window glass and solar cells to telecommunications and transformer co…
Capturing Nucleation at 4D Atomic Resolution
Jihan Zhou, Yongsoo Yang, Yao Yang +12
Nucleation plays a critical role in many physical and biological phenomena ranging from crystallization, melting and evaporation to the formation of clouds and the initiation of ne…
GENFIRE: A generalized Fourier iterative reconstruction algorithm for high-resolution 3D imaging
Alan Pryor, Yongsoo Yang, Arjun Rana +7
Tomography has made a radical impact on diverse fields ranging from the study of 3D atomic arrangements in matter to the study of human health in medicine. Despite its very diverse…
Deciphering chemical order/disorder and material properties at the single-atom level
Yongsoo Yang, Chien-Chun Chen, M. C. Scott +13
Correlating 3D arrangements of atoms and defects with material properties and functionality forms the core of several scientific disciplines. Here, we determined the 3D coordinates…