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Author Béché, A.; Rouvière, J.L.; Barnes, J.P.; Cooper, D. doi  openurl
  Title Dark field electron holography for strain measurement Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 111 Issue 3 Pages 227-238  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Dark field electron holography is a new TEM-based technique for measuring strain with nanometer scale resolution. Here we present the procedure to align a transmission electron microscope and obtain dark field holograms as well as the theoretical background necessary to reconstruct strain maps from holograms. A series of experimental parameters such as biprism voltage, sample thickness, exposure time, tilt angle and choice of diffracted beam are then investigated on a silicon-germanium layer epitaxially embedded in a silicon matrix in order to obtain optimal dark field holograms over a large field of view with good spatial resolution and strain sensitivity.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000288638200007 Publication Date 2010-12-01  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 31 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2011 IF: 2.471  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136368 Serial 4496  
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Author Jannis, D.; Hofer, C.; Gao, C.; Xie, X.; Béché, A.; Pennycook, Tj.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  url
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  Title Event driven 4D STEM acquisition with a Timepix3 detector: Microsecond dwell time and faster scans for high precision and low dose applications Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2022 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 233 Issue Pages 113423  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Four dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D STEM) records the scattering of electrons in a material in great detail. The benefits offered by 4D STEM are substantial, with the wealth of data it provides facilitating for instance high precision, high electron dose efficiency phase imaging via centre of mass or ptychography based analysis. However the requirement for a 2D image of the scattering to be recorded at each probe position has long placed a severe bottleneck on the speed at which 4D STEM can be performed. Recent advances in camera technology have greatly reduced this bottleneck, with the detection efficiency of direct electron detectors being especially well suited to the technique. However even the fastest frame driven pixelated detectors still significantly limit the scan speed which can be used in 4D STEM, making the resulting data susceptible to drift and hampering its use for low dose beam sensitive applications. Here we report the development of the use of an event driven Timepix3 direct electron camera that allows us to overcome this bottleneck and achieve 4D STEM dwell times down to 100 ns; orders of magnitude faster than what has been possible with frame based readout. We characterize the detector for different acceleration voltages and show that the method is especially well suited for low dose imaging and promises rich datasets without compromising dwell time when compared to conventional STEM imaging.  
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  Language Wos 000734396800003 Publication Date 2021-11-13  
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  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.2 Times cited (up) 31 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes This project has received funding from the Euro- pean Union’s Horizon 2020 Research Infrastructure – Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities under grant agreement No 823717 – ESTEEM3. J.V. and A.B. acknowledge funding from FWO project G093417N (‘Compressed sensing enabling low dose imaging in transmission electron microscopy’). J.V. and D.J. ac- knowledge funding from FWO project G042920N ‘Co- incident event detection for advanced spectroscopy in transmission electron microscopy’. We acknowledge funding under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 re- search and innovation programme (J.V. and D.J un- der grant agreement No 101017720, FET-Proactive EBEAM, and C.H., C.G., X.X. and T.J.P. from the Eu- ropean Research Council (ERC) Grant agreement No. 802123-HDEM).; esteem3JRA; esteem3reported Approved Most recent IF: 2.2  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:183948 Serial 6828  
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Author Van Aert, S.; Geuens, P.; van Dyck, D.; Kisielowski, C.; Jinschek, J.R. doi  openurl
  Title Electron channelling based crystallography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2007 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 107 Issue 6/7 Pages 551-558  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000245341300015 Publication Date 2006-12-13  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 32 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2007 IF: 1.996  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:64286 Serial 913  
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Author Lobato, I.; Van Dyck, D. pdf  doi
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  Title MULTEM : a new multislice program to perform accurate and fast electron diffraction and imaging simulations using graphics processing units with CUDA Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2015 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 156 Issue 156 Pages 9-17  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract The main features and the GPU implementation of the MULTEM program are presented and described. This new program performs accurate and fast multislice simulations by including higher order expansion of the multislice solution of the high energy Schrodinger equation, the correct subslicing of the three-dimensional potential and top-bottom surfaces. The program implements different kinds of simulation for CTEM, STEM, ED, PED, CBED, ADF-TEM and ABF-HC with proper treatment of the spatial and temporal incoherences. The multislice approach described here treats the specimen as amorphous material which allows a straightforward implementation of the frozen phonon approximation. The generalized transmission function for each slice is calculated when is needed and then discarded. This allows us to perform large simulations that can include millions of atoms and keep the computer memory requirements to a reasonable level. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000361001800003 Publication Date 2015-04-28  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 32 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2015 IF: 2.436  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:127848 Serial 4209  
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Author Roelandts, T.; Batenburg, K.J.; Biermans, E.; Kübel, C.; Bals, S.; Sijbers, J. pdf  doi
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  Title Accurate segmentation of dense nanoparticles by partially discrete electron tomography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 114 Issue Pages 96-105  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract Accurate segmentation of nanoparticles within various matrix materials is a difficult problem in electron tomography. Due to artifacts related to image series acquisition and reconstruction, global thresholding of reconstructions computed by established algorithms, such as weighted backprojection or SIRT, may result in unreliable and subjective segmentations. In this paper, we introduce the Partially Discrete Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (PDART) for computing accurate segmentations of dense nanoparticles of constant composition. The particles are segmented directly by the reconstruction algorithm, while the surrounding regions are reconstructed using continuously varying gray levels. As no properties are assumed for the other compositions of the sample, the technique can be applied to any sample where dense nanoparticles must be segmented, regardless of the surrounding compositions. For both experimental and simulated data, it is shown that PDART yields significantly more accurate segmentations than those obtained by optimal global thresholding of the SIRT reconstruction.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000301954300011 Publication Date 2012-01-06  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 34 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2012 IF: 2.470  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:97710 Serial 52  
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Author Gauquelin, N.; van den Bos, K.H.W.; Béché, A.; Krause, F.F.; Lobato, I.; Lazar, S.; Rosenauer, A.; Van Aert, S.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  url
doi  openurl
  Title Determining oxygen relaxations at an interface: A comparative study between transmission electron microscopy techniques Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2017 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 181 Issue 181 Pages 178-190  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Nowadays, aberration corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a popular method to characterise nanomaterials at the atomic scale. Here, atomically resolved images of nanomaterials are acquired, where the contrast depends on the illumination, imaging and detector conditions of the microscope. Visualization of light elements is possible when using low angle annular dark field (LAADF) STEM, annular bright field (ABF) STEM, integrated differential phase contrast (iDPC) STEM, negative spherical aberration imaging (NCSI) and imaging STEM (ISTEM). In this work, images of a NdGaO3-La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (NGO-LSMO) interface are quantitatively evaluated by using statistical parameter estimation theory. For imaging light elements, all techniques are providing reliable results, while the techniques based on interference contrast, NCSI and ISTEM, are less robust in terms of accuracy for extracting heavy column locations. In term of precision, sample drift and scan distortions mainly limits the STEM based techniques as compared to NCSI. Post processing techniques can, however, partially compensate for this. In order to provide an outlook to the future, simulated images of NGO, in which the unavoidable presence of Poisson noise is taken into account, are used to determine the ultimate precision. In this future counting noise limited scenario, NCSI and ISTEM imaging will provide more precise values as compared to the other techniques, which can be related to the mechanisms behind the image recording.  
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  Language Wos 000411170800022 Publication Date 2017-06-03  
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  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 34 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes The authors acknowledge financial support from Flanders (FWO, Belgium) through project fundings (G.0044.13N, G.0374.13N, G.0368.15N, G.0369.15N), and by a Ph.D. grant to K.H.W.v.d.B. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope used for this study was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. A.B. and N.G. acknowledge the EUROTAPES project (FP7-NMP.2011.2.2-1 Grant no.280432) which partly funded this study. N.G., A.B. and J.V. acknowledge funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Starting Grant 278510 VORTEX. The research leading to these results has received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under Contract No. RO 2057/4-2 and the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 312483 – ESTEEM2. We thank Prof. G. Koster from the University of Twente for kindly providing us with the LSMO-NGO test sample. Approved Most recent IF: 2.843  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:144435UA @ admin @ c:irua:144435 Serial 4620  
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Author Van Aert, S.; den Dekker, A.J.; van Dyck, D.; van den Bos, A. doi  openurl
  Title Optimal experimental design of STEM measurement of atom column positions Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2002 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 90 Issue Pages 273-289  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000174770900004 Publication Date 2002-07-25  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 35 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2002 IF: 1.772  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:47517 Serial 2483  
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Author Verbeeck, J.; Sc hattschneider, P.; Rosenauer, A. pdf  doi
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  Title Image simulation of high resolution energy filtered TEM images Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2009 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 109 Issue 4 Pages 350-360  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Inelastic image simulation software is presented, implementing the double channeling approximation which takes into account the combination of multiple elastic and single inelastic scattering in a crystal. The approach is described with a density matrix formalism. Two applications in high resolution energy filtered (EFTEM) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images are presented: thickness-defocus maps for SrTiO3 and exit plane intensities for an (LaAlO3)3(SrTiO3)3 multilayer system. Both systems show a severe breakdown in direct interpretability which becomes worse for higher acceleration voltages, thicker samples and lower excitation edge energies. Since this effect already occurs in the exit plane intensity, it is a fundamental limit and image simulations in EFTEM are indispensable just as they are indispensable for elastic high resolution TEM images.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000265345400009 Publication Date 2009-01-17  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 36 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo; Esteem 026019 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2009 IF: 2.067  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:77272UA @ admin @ c:irua:77272 Serial 1552  
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Author Van Aert, S.; den Dekker, A.J.; van den Bos, A.; van Dyck, D.; Chen, J.H. pdf  doi
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  Title Maximum likelihood estimation of structure parameters from high resolution electron microscopy images : part 2 : a practical example Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 104 Issue 2 Pages 107-125  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000230526400002 Publication Date 2005-04-08  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 37 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2005 IF: 2.490  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:57131 Serial 1960  
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Author Verbeeck, J.; Van Aert, S.; Bertoni, G. pdf  doi
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  Title Model-based quantification of EELS spectra: including the fine structure Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 106 Issue 11-12 Pages 976-980  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract An extension to model-based electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) quantification is reported to improve the possibility of modelling fine structure changes in electron energy loss spectra. An equalisation function is used in the energy loss near edge structure (ELNES) region to model the differences between a single atom differential cross section and the cross section for an atom in a crystal. The equalisation function can be shown to approximate the relative density of unoccupied states for the given excitation edge. On a set of 200 experimental h-BN spectra, this technique leads to statistically acceptable models resulting into unbiased estimates of relative concentrations and making the estimated precisions come very close to the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB). The method greatly expands the useability of model-based EELS quantification to spectra with pronounced fine structure. Another benefit of this model is that one also gets an estimate of the unoccupied density of states for a given excitation edge, without having to do background removal and deconvolution, making the outcome intrinsically more reliable and less noisy. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000241592900004 Publication Date 2006-07-04  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 38 Open Access  
  Notes Goa; Fwo Iap-V Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2006 IF: 1.706  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:61379UA @ admin @ c:irua:61379 Serial 2102  
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Author Chen, D.; Goris, B.; Bleichrodt, F.; Heidari Mezerji, H.; Bals, S.; Batenburg, K.J.; de With, G.; Friedrich, H. pdf  url
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  Title The properties of SIRT, TVM, and DART for 3D imaging of tubular domains in nanocomposite thin-films and sections Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 147 Issue Pages 137-148  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract In electron tomography, the fidelity of the 3D reconstruction strongly depends on the employed reconstruction algorithm. In this paper, the properties of SIRT, TVM and DART reconstructions are studied with respect to having only a limited number of electrons available for imaging and applying different angular sampling schemes. A well-defined realistic model is generated, which consists of tubular domains within a matrix having slab-geometry. Subsequently, the electron tomography workflow is simulated from calculated tilt-series over experimental effects to reconstruction. In comparison with the model, the fidelity of each reconstruction method is evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively based on global and local edge profiles and resolvable distance between particles. Results show that the performance of all reconstruction methods declines with the total electron dose. Overall, SIRT algorithm is the most stable method and insensitive to changes in angular sampling. TVM algorithm yields significantly sharper edges in the reconstruction, but the edge positions are strongly influenced by the tilt scheme and the tubular objects become thinned. The DART algorithm markedly suppresses the elongation artifacts along the beam direction and moreover segments the reconstruction which can be considered a significant advantage for quantification. Finally, no advantage of TVM and DART to deal better with fewer projections was observed.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000343157400015 Publication Date 2014-08-19  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 42 Open Access OpenAccess  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2014 IF: 2.436  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:119073 Serial 2729  
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Author Verbeeck, J.; van Dyck, D.; Lichte, H.; Potapov, P.; Schattschneider, P. pdf  doi
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  Title Plasmon holographic experiments: theoretical framework Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 102 Issue 3 Pages 239-255  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract A theoretical framework is described to understand the results of plasmon holography experiments leading to insight in the meaning of the experimental results and pointing out directions for future experiments. The framework is based on the formalism of mutual intensity to describe how coherence is transferred through an optical system. For the inelastic interaction with the object, an expression for the volume. plasmon excitations in a free electron gas is used as a model for the behaviour of aluminium. The formalism leads to a clear graphical intuitive tool for under-standing the experiments. It becomes evident that the measured coherence is solely related to the angular distribution of the plasmon scattering in the case of bulk plasmons. After describing the framework, the special case of coherence outside a spherical particle is treated and the seemingly controversial idea of a plasmon with a limited coherence length obtained front experiments is clarified. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000226436600010 Publication Date 2004-11-05  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 43 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2005 IF: 2.490  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:57133UA @ admin @ c:irua:57133 Serial 2643  
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Author Lobato, I.; Van Aert, S.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  doi
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  Title Progress and new advances in simulating electron microscopy datasets using MULTEM Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 168 Issue 168 Pages 17-27  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract A new version of the open source program MULTEM is presented here. It includes a graphical user interface, tapering truncation of the atomic potential, CPU multithreading functionality, single/double precision calculations, scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) simulations using experimental detector sensitivities, imaging STEM (ISTEM) simulations, energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) simulations, STEM electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) simulations along with other improvements in the algorithms. We also present a mixed channeling approach for the calculation of inelastic excitations, which allows one to considerably speed up time consuming EFTEM/STEM-EELS calculations.  
  Address EMAT, University of Antwerp, Department of Physics, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium  
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  Language English Wos 000380754100003 Publication Date 2016-06-11  
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  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 43 Open Access  
  Notes The authors acknowledge financial support from the European Union under the Seventh Framework Program under a contract for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative. Reference No. 312483- ESTEEM2. The authors acknowledge financial support from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium) through project fundings (G.0374.13N, G.0369.15N and G.0368.15N).; esteem2jra3; esteem2na3; esteem2_jra2 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843  
  Call Number c:irua:134088 c:irua:134088UA @ admin @ c:irua:134088 Serial 4093  
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Author De Backer, A.; van den Bos, K.H.W.; Van den Broek, W.; Sijbers, J.; Van Aert, S. pdf  url
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  Title StatSTEM: An efficient approach for accurate and precise model-based quantification of atomic resolution electron microscopy images Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 171 Issue 171 Pages 104-116  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract An efficient model-based estimation algorithm is introduced to quantify the atomic column positions and intensities from atomic resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) images. This algorithm uses the least squares estimator on image segments containing individual columns fully accounting for overlap between neighbouring columns, enabling the analysis of a large field of view. For this algorithm, the accuracy and precision with which measurements for the atomic column positions and scattering cross-sections from annular dark field (ADF) STEM images can be estimated, has been investigated. The highest attainable precision is reached even for low dose images. Furthermore, the advantages of the model-based approach taking into account overlap between neighbouring columns are highlighted. This is done for the estimation of the distance between two neighbouring columns as a function of their distance and for the estimation of the scattering cross-section which is compared to the integrated intensity from a Voronoi cell. To provide end-users this well-established quantification method, a user friendly program, StatSTEM, is developed which is freely available under a GNU public license.  
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  Language Wos 000389106200014 Publication Date 2016-09-09  
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  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 43 Open Access  
  Notes The authors acknowledge financial support from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO, Belgium) through project fundings (G.0393.11, G.0064.10 and G.0374.13), a Ph.D. research grant to K.H.W. van den Bos, and a postdoctoral research grant to A. De Backer. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 312483 – ESTEEM2 (Integrated Infrastructure Initiative-I3). A. Rosenauer is acknowledged for providing the STEMsim program.; esteem2_jra2 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @ c:irua:135516 Serial 4280  
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Author Bertoni, G.; Verbeeck, J. doi  openurl
  Title Accuracy and precision in model based EELS quantification Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2008 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 108 Issue 8 Pages 782-790  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We present results on model based quantification of electron energy loss spectra (EELS), focusing on the factors that influence accuracy and precision in determining chemical concentrations. Several sources of systematical errors are investigated. The spectrometer entrance aperture determines the collection angle, and the effects of its position with respect to the transmitted beam are investigated, taking into account the diffraction by the crystal structure. The effect of the orientation of the sample is tested experimentally and theoretically on SrTiO3, and finally, a simulated experiment on c-BN at different thicknesses confirms the superior results of the model based method with respect to the conventional method. A test on a set of experimental reference compounds is presented, showing that remarkably good accuracy can be obtained. Recommendations are given to achieve high accuracy and precision in practice. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000258241900010 Publication Date 2008-02-22  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 44 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2008 IF: 2.629  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:70550UA @ admin @ c:irua:70550 Serial 42  
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Author de Backer, A.; Martinez, G.T.; Rosenauer, A.; Van Aert, S. pdf  url
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  Title Atom counting in HAADF STEM using a statistical model-based approach : methodology, possibilities, and inherent limitations Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 134 Issue Pages 23-33  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract In the present paper, a statistical model-based method to count the number of atoms of monotype crystalline nanostructures from high resolution high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images is discussed in detail together with a thorough study on the possibilities and inherent limitations. In order to count the number of atoms, it is assumed that the total scattered intensity scales with the number of atoms per atom column. These intensities are quantitatively determined using model-based statistical parameter estimation theory. The distribution describing the probability that intensity values are generated by atomic columns containing a specific number of atoms is inferred on the basis of the experimental scattered intensities. Finally, the number of atoms per atom column is quantified using this estimated probability distribution. The number of atom columns available in the observed STEM image, the number of components in the estimated probability distribution, the width of the components of the probability distribution, and the typical shape of a criterion to assess the number of components in the probability distribution directly affect the accuracy and precision with which the number of atoms in a particular atom column can be estimated. It is shown that single atom sensitivity is feasible taking the latter aspects into consideration.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000324474900005 Publication Date 2013-05-17  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 48 Open Access  
  Notes FWO; Esteem2; FP 2007-2013; esteem2_jra2 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2013 IF: 2.745  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109916 Serial 162  
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Author Kruse, P.; Schowalter, M.; Lamoen, D.; Rosenauer, A.; Gerthsen, D. doi  openurl
  Title Determination of the mean inner potential in III-V semiconductors, Si and Ge by density functional theory and electron holography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 106 Issue 2 Pages 105-113  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT);  
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  Language Wos 000234535900005 Publication Date 2005-07-29  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 50 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2006 IF: 1.706  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:56143 Serial 678  
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Author Lichtert, S.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  doi
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  Title Statistical consequences of applying a PCA noise filter on EELS spectrum images Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 125 Issue Pages 35-42  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Principal component analysis (PCA) noise filtering is a popular method to remove noise from experimental electron energy loss (EELS) spectrum images. Here, we investigate the statistical behaviour of this method by applying it on a simulated data set with realistic noise levels. This phantom data set provides access to the true values contained in the data set as well as to many different realizations of the noise. Using least squares fitting and parameter estimation theory, we demonstrate that even though the precision on the estimated parameters can be better as the CramérRao lower bound, a significant bias is introduced which can alter the conclusions drawn from experimental data sets. The origin of this bias is in the incorrect retrieval of the principal loadings for noisy data. Using an expression for the bias and precision of the singular values from literature, we present an evaluation criterion for these singular values based on the noise level and the amount of information present in the data set. This criterion can help to judge when to avoid PCA noise filtering in practical situations. Further we show that constructing elemental maps of PCA noise filtered data using the background subtraction method, does not guarantee an increase in the signal to noise ratio due to correlation of the spectral data as a result of the filtering process.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000314679700006 Publication Date 2012-10-27  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 54 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo; Countatoms; Vortex; Esteem 312483; esteem2jra3 ECASJO; Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2013 IF: 2.745  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:105293 Serial 3153  
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Author Schattschneider, P.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  url
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  Title Theory of free electron vortices Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2011 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 111 Issue 9/10 Pages 1461-1468  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract The recent creation of electron vortex beams and their first practical application motivates a better understanding of their properties. Here, we develop the theory of free electron vortices with quantized angular momentum, based on solutions of the Schrödinger equation for cylindrical boundary conditions. The principle of transformation of a plane wave into vortices with quantized angular momentum, their paraxial propagation through round magnetic lenses, and the effect of partial coherence are discussed.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000300461200002 Publication Date 2011-07-26  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 57 Open Access  
  Notes Esteem 026019 Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2011 IF: 2.471  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:91882 Serial 3617  
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Author Zhang, X.B.; Zhang, X.F.; Amelinckx, S.; Van Tendeloo, G.; van Landuyt, J. doi  openurl
  Title The reciprocal space of carbon tubes: a detailed interpretation of the electron diffraction effects Type A1 Journal article
  Year 1994 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 54 Issue Pages 237-249  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos A1994PA59800016 Publication Date 2002-10-18  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.436 Times cited (up) 59 Open Access  
  Notes Approved  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:10006 Serial 2844  
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Author Verbeeck, J.; Tian, H.; Béché, A. pdf  doi
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  Title A new way of producing electron vortex probes for STEM Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 113 Issue Pages 83-87  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract A spiral holographic aperture is used in the condensor plane of a scanning transmission electron microscope to produce a focussed electron vortex probe carrying a topological charge of either −1, 0 or +1. The spiral aperture design has a major advantage over the previously used forked aperture in that the three beams with topological charge m=−1, 0, and 1 are not side by side in the specimen plane, but rather on top of each other, focussed at different heights. This allows us to have only one selected beam in focus on the sample while the others contribute only to a background signal. In this paper we describe the working principle as well as first experimental results demonstrating atomic resolution HAADF STEM images obtained with electron vortex probes. These results pave the way for atomic resolution magnetic information when combined with electron energy loss spectroscopy.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000300554400002 Publication Date 2011-10-31  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 62 Open Access  
  Notes J.V. wants to thank Miles Padgett for suggesting this setup and pointing to the relevant optics literature. Peter Schattschneider is acknowledged for in depth discussions on related topics. J.V acknowledges funding from the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Grant no. 46791-COUN-TATOMS and ERC Starting Grant no. 278510 VORTEX. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope is partially funded by the Hercules fund of the Flemish Government. ECASJO_; Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2012 IF: 2.470  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:93624UA @ admin @ c:irua:93624 Serial 2336  
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Author Goris, B.; Roelandts, T.; Batenburg, K.J.; Heidari Mezerji, H.; Bals, S. pdf  url
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  Title Advanced reconstruction algorithms for electron tomography : from comparison to combination Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 127 Issue Pages 40-47  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract In this work, the simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique (SIRT), the total variation minimization (TVM) reconstruction technique and the discrete algebraic reconstruction technique (DART) for electron tomography are compared and the advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Furthermore, we describe how the result of a three dimensional (3D) reconstruction based on TVM can provide objective information that is needed as the input for a DART reconstruction. This approach results in a tomographic reconstruction of which the segmentation is carried out in an objective manner.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000316659100007 Publication Date 2012-08-02  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 63 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2013 IF: 2.745  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:101217 Serial 72  
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Author Schattschneider, P.; Löffler, S.; Stöger-Pollach, M.; Verbeeck, J. pdf  url
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  Title Is magnetic chiral dichroism feasible with electron vortices? Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 136 Issue Pages 81-85  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract We discuss the feasibility of detecting magnetic transitions with focused electron vortex probes, suggested by selection rules for the magnetic quantum number. We theoretically estimate the dichroic signal strength in the L2,3 edge of ferromagnetic d metals. It is shown that under realistic conditions, the dichroic signal is undetectable for nanoparticles larger than View the MathML source. This is confirmed by a key experiment with nanometer-sized vortices.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000327884700011 Publication Date 2013-07-26  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 64 Open Access  
  Notes Countatoms; Vortex; Esteem2; esteem2jra3 ECASJO; Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2014 IF: 2.436  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:110952UA @ admin @ c:irua:110952 Serial 1750  
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Author van den Broek, W.; Rosenauer, A.; Goris, B.; Martinez, G.T.; Bals, S.; Van Aert, S.; van Dyck, D. pdf  doi
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  Title Correction of non-linear thickness effects in HAADF STEM electron tomography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2012 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 116 Issue Pages 8-12  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
  Abstract In materials science, high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy is often used for tomography at the nanometer scale. In this work, it is shown that a thickness dependent, non-linear damping of the recorded intensities occurs. This results in an underestimated intensity in the interior of reconstructions of homogeneous particles, which is known as the cupping artifact. In this paper, this non-linear effect is demonstrated in experimental images taken under common conditions and is reproduced with a numerical simulation. Furthermore, an analytical derivation shows that these non-linearities can be inverted if the imaging is done quantitatively, thus preventing cupping in the reconstruction.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000304473700002 Publication Date 2012-03-09  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 67 Open Access  
  Notes Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2012 IF: 2.470  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:96558 Serial 518  
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Author den Dekker, A.J.; Van Aert, S.; van den Bos, A.; van Dyck, D. pdf  doi
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  Title Maximum likelihood estimation of structure parameters from high resolution electron microscopy images: part 1: a theoretical framework Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2005 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 104 Issue 2 Pages 83-106  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Vision lab  
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  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000230526400001 Publication Date 2005-04-09  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 70 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2005 IF: 2.490  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:57229 Serial 1959  
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Author Béché, A.; Rouviere, J.L.; Barnes, J.P.; Cooper, D. doi  openurl
  Title Strain measurement at the nanoscale : comparison between convergent beam electron diffraction, nano-beam electron diffraction, high resolution imaging and dark field electron holography Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2013 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 131 Issue Pages 10-23  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract Convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED), nano-beam electron diffraction (NBED or NBD), high resolution imaging (HRTEM and HRSTEM) and dark field electron holography (DFEH or HoloDark) are five TEM based techniques able to quantitatively measure strain at the nanometer scale. In order to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, two samples composed of epitaxial silicon-germanium layers embedded in a silicon matrix have been investigated. The five techniques are then compared in terms of strain precision and accuracy, spatial resolution, field of view, mapping abilities and ease of performance and analysis. (C) 2013 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000322631200002 Publication Date 2013-04-06  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 73 Open Access  
  Notes Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2013 IF: 2.745  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:109774 Serial 3171  
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Author Verbeeck, J.; Béché, A.; Müller-Caspary, K.; Guzzinati, G.; Luong, M.A.; Den Hertog, M. pdf  url
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  Title Demonstration of a 2 × 2 programmable phase plate for electrons Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2018 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 190 Issue Pages 58-65  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract First results on the experimental realisation of a 2 × 2 programmable phase plate for electrons are presented. The design consists of an array of electrostatic elements that influence the phase of electron waves passing through 4 separately controllable aperture holes. This functionality is demonstrated in a conventional transmission electron microscope operating at 300 kV and results are in very close agreement with theoretical predictions. The dynamic creation of a set of electron probes with different phase symmetry is demonstrated, thereby bringing adaptive optics in TEM one step closer to reality. The limitations of the current design and how to overcome these in the future are discussed. Simulations show how further evolved versions of the current proof of concept might open new and exciting application prospects for beam shaping and aberration correction.  
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  Language Wos 000432868800007 Publication Date 2018-04-18  
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  ISSN 0304-3991 ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 73 Open Access Not_Open_Access: Available from 19.04.2020  
  Notes J.V. and A.B. acknowledge funding from the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders FWO project G093417N and the European Research Council under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), ERC Starting Grant 278510 VORTEX and ERC proof of concept project DLV-789598 ADAPTEM. The Qu-Ant-EM microscope used in this work was partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish Government. MdH acknowledges financial support from the ANRCOSMOS (ANR-12-JS10-0002). MdH and ML acknowledge funding from the Laboratoire d’excellence LANEF in Grenoble (ANR-10-LABX-51-01). Approved Most recent IF: 2.843  
  Call Number EMAT @ emat @c:irua:150459UA @ admin @ c:irua:150459 Serial 4920  
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Author Martinez, G.T.; Rosenauer, A.; de Backer, A.; Verbeeck, J.; Van Aert, S. pdf  doi
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  Title Quantitative composition determination at the atomic level using model-based high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2014 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 137 Issue Pages 12-19  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract High angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF STEM) images provide sample information which is sensitive to the chemical composition. The image intensities indeed scale with the mean atomic number Z. To some extent, chemically different atomic column types can therefore be visually distinguished. However, in order to quantify the atomic column composition with high accuracy and precision, model-based methods are necessary. Therefore, an empirical incoherent parametric imaging model can be used of which the unknown parameters are determined using statistical parameter estimation theory (Van Aert et al., 2009, [1]). In this paper, it will be shown how this method can be combined with frozen lattice multislice simulations in order to evolve from a relative toward an absolute quantification of the composition of single atomic columns with mixed atom types. Furthermore, the validity of the model assumptions are explored and discussed.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000331092200003 Publication Date 2013-11-09  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 74 Open Access  
  Notes FWO; FP7; ERC Countatoms; ESTEEM2; esteem2_ta Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2014 IF: 2.436  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:111579UA @ admin @ c:irua:111579 Serial 2749  
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Author Bertoni, G.; Beyers, E.; Verbeeck, J.; Mertens, M.; Cool, P.; Vansant, E.F.; Van Tendeloo, G. pdf  doi
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  Title Quantification of crystalline and amorphous content in porous TiO2 samples from electron energy loss spectroscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2006 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 106 Issue 7 Pages 630-635  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT); Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA)  
  Abstract We present an efficient method for the quantification of crystalline versus amorphous phase content in mesoporous materials, making use of electron energy loss spectroscopy. The method is based on fitting a superposition of core-loss edges using the maximum likelihood method with measured reference spectra. We apply the method to mesoporous TiO2 samples. We show that the absolute amount of the crystalline phase can be determined with an accuracy below 5%. This method takes also the amorphous phase into account, where standard X-ray diffraction is only quantitative for crystalline phases and not for amorphous phase. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved.  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Amsterdam Editor  
  Language Wos 000238479300011 Publication Date 2006-04-28  
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  ISSN 0304-3991; ISBN Additional Links UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles  
  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 83 Open Access  
  Notes Iap-V; Goa-2005; Fwo Approved Most recent IF: 2.843; 2006 IF: 1.706  
  Call Number UA @ lucian @ c:irua:58823UA @ admin @ c:irua:58823 Serial 2741  
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Author Muller-Caspary, K.; Krause, F.F.; Grieb, T.; Loffler, S.; Schowalter, M.; Béché, A.; Galioit, V.; Marquardt, D.; Zweck, J.; Schattschneider, P.; Verbeeck, J.; Rosenauer, A. pdf  url
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  Title Measurement of atomic electric fields and charge densities from average momentum transfers using scanning transmission electron microscopy Type A1 Journal article
  Year 2016 Publication Ultramicroscopy Abbreviated Journal Ultramicroscopy  
  Volume 178 Issue 178 Pages 62-80  
  Keywords A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)  
  Abstract This study sheds light on the prerequisites, possibilities, limitations and interpretation of high-resolution differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). We draw particular attention to the well-established DPC technique based on segmented annular detectors and its relation to recent developments based on pixelated detectors. These employ the expectation value of the momentum transfer as a reliable measure of the angular deflection of the STEM beam induced by an electric field in the specimen. The influence of scattering and propagation of electrons within the specimen is initially discussed separately and then treated in terms of a two-state channeling theory. A detailed simulation study of GaN is presented as a function of specimen thickness and bonding. It is found that bonding effects are rather detectable implicitly, e.g., by characteristics of the momentum flux in areas between the atoms than by directly mapping electric fields and charge densities. For strontium titanate, experimental charge densities are compared with simulations and discussed with respect to experimental artifacts such as scan noise. Finally, we consider practical issues such as figures of merit for spatial and momentum resolution, minimum electron dose, and the mapping of larger-scale, built-in electric fields by virtue of data averaged over a crystal unit cell. We find that the latter is possible for crystals with an inversion center. Concerning the optimal detector design, this study indicates that a sampling of 5mrad per pixel is sufficient in typical applications, corresponding to approximately 10x10 available pixels.  
  Address Institut fur Festkr perphysik, Universitat Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany  
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  Language English Wos 000403862900009 Publication Date 2016-05-12  
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  Impact Factor 2.843 Times cited (up) 93 Open Access  
  Notes K.M.-C. acknowledges support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under contract MU3660/1-1. This work was further supported by the DFG under contract RO2057/4-2 and O2057/11-1. J.V. and A.B. acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the 7th Framework Program (FP7), and ERC Starting Grant No. 278510-VORTEX. Experimental results are obtained on the Qu-Ant-EM microscope partly funded by the Hercules fund from the Flemish government. J.V. also acknowledges funding through a GOA project “Solarpaint” of the University of Antwerp. SL and PS acknowledge financial support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under grants No. I543-N20 and J3732-N27. ECASJO_; Approved Most recent IF: 2.843  
  Call Number c:irua:134125UA @ admin @ c:irua:134125 Serial 4098  
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