SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials
Nanocrystals have emerged as cutting-edge functional materials benefiting from the increased surface and enhanced coupling of electronic states. High-resolution imaging in transmission electron microscope can provide invaluable structural information of crystalline materials, albeit it remains great...
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| author | Jinfei Zhou Yujiao Wang Binbin Lu Jia Lyu Nini Wei Jianfeng Huang Lingmei Liu Xiao Li Xinghua Li Daliang Zhang |
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| description | Nanocrystals have emerged as cutting-edge functional materials benefiting from the increased surface and enhanced coupling of electronic states. High-resolution imaging in transmission electron microscope can provide invaluable structural information of crystalline materials, albeit it remains greatly challenging to nanocrystals due to the arduousness of accurate zone axis adjustment. Herein, a homemade software package, called SmartAxis, is developed for rapid yet accurate zone axis alignment of nanocrystals. Incident electron beam tilt is employed as an eccentric goniometer to measure the angular deviation of a crystal to a zone axis, and then serves as a linkage to calculate the α and β tilts of goniometer based on an accurate quantitative relationship. In this way, high-resolution imaging of one identical small Au nanocrystal, as well as electron beam-sensitive MIL-101 metal-organic framework crystals, along multiple zone axes, was performed successfully by using this accurate, time- and electron dose-saving zone axis alignment software package. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b48ccac8ae864578ac2bc783e893f6b82025-08-20T03:13:12ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Nano Materials Science2589-96512025-04-017229730310.1016/j.nanoms.2024.04.006SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materialsJinfei Zhou0Yujiao Wang1Binbin Lu2Jia Lyu3Nini Wei4Jianfeng Huang5Lingmei Liu6Xiao Li7Xinghua Li8Daliang Zhang9Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106, SwedenInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR ChinaInstitute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR China; Corresponding author.School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, PR China; Corresponding author.Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR China; Corresponding author.Nanocrystals have emerged as cutting-edge functional materials benefiting from the increased surface and enhanced coupling of electronic states. High-resolution imaging in transmission electron microscope can provide invaluable structural information of crystalline materials, albeit it remains greatly challenging to nanocrystals due to the arduousness of accurate zone axis adjustment. Herein, a homemade software package, called SmartAxis, is developed for rapid yet accurate zone axis alignment of nanocrystals. Incident electron beam tilt is employed as an eccentric goniometer to measure the angular deviation of a crystal to a zone axis, and then serves as a linkage to calculate the α and β tilts of goniometer based on an accurate quantitative relationship. In this way, high-resolution imaging of one identical small Au nanocrystal, as well as electron beam-sensitive MIL-101 metal-organic framework crystals, along multiple zone axes, was performed successfully by using this accurate, time- and electron dose-saving zone axis alignment software package.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965124000497Zone axis alignmentNanocrystalsBeam tiltElectron beam-sensitive materials |
| spellingShingle | Jinfei Zhou Yujiao Wang Binbin Lu Jia Lyu Nini Wei Jianfeng Huang Lingmei Liu Xiao Li Xinghua Li Daliang Zhang SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials Nano Materials Science Zone axis alignment Nanocrystals Beam tilt Electron beam-sensitive materials |
| title | SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| title_full | SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| title_fullStr | SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| title_short | SmartAxis, a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| title_sort | smartaxis a software for accurate and rapid zone axis alignment of nanocrystalline materials |
| topic | Zone axis alignment Nanocrystals Beam tilt Electron beam-sensitive materials |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965124000497 |
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