The purpose of this tutorial is to make this clear: how to take advantage of the varies (S)TEM techniques to solve the problems in related field.
Preface:
Here, I would like to provide the “solution” for the typical problems, via both "Cases" and "Techniques". I suppose the users/readers having physical/chemical science background but an TEM expert.
This tutorial will Include: Background Knowledge; Strategy and Practical hints.
Here are some helpful Links:
(1) http://nanoscience.huji.ac.il/unc/tem_basics.htm
Topic/Reference:
1. How to solve the structure of metallic nano-particles(single element or multi-elements)?
Answer: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-38934-4_12#page-1 (the word file is too large to be uploaded please contact me if you are interested in.)
2. How to address the interface of epitaxial thin films(oxides, semiconductor, and metallic)?
Answer: (1) T. Suzuki, Y. Nishi, and M. Fujimoto, Philos. Mag. A 79, 2461 (1999).
(2) Y. L. Qin, C. L. Jia, K. Urban, J. H. Hao, and X. X. Xi, J. Mater. Res. 17, 3117 (2002).
(3) H. P. Sun, X. Q. Pan, J. H. Haeni, and D. G. Schlom, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1967 (2004).
(4) Dong Su, Tomoaki Yamada, Vladimir O. Sherman, Alexander K. Tagantsev, Paul Muralt and Nava Setter, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 064102 (2007).
3. How to retrieve the quantitative elemental mapping?
4. How to do a high-resolution valence mapping?
5. How to retrieve the local dielectric properties using EELS?
6. How to make a damage-free TEM samples using FIB?
Please send me your questions to help me make this tutorial more useful! dongsu@iphy.ac.cn