Abstract
In our recent study, the complete rotation of a rod-shaped specimen during transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been successfully carried out, yielding a truly quantitative three-dimensional (3D) structure of a ZrO2/polymer nano-composite. This result allows the further development of transmission electron microtomography (TEMT) for materials science. The diameter of the rod-shaped specimen was about 150 nm, which may not be statistically large enough to evaluate structural parameters, e.g., volume fraction of Zr nano-particles. Thus, it is preferable to image rods with larger diameters in 3D. In this study, several rod-shaped specimens whose diameters ranged from 150 to 530 nm were subjected to the "distortion-free TEMT". The maximum diameters, l, observable under 200 and 300 kV-TEMTs were, respectively, 460-470 and 600-670 nm (corresponding the maximum relative diameters, l / λ (λ: mean free path), were ca. 2.2 and 2.7-3.0).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 221-229 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Ultramicroscopy |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 1 2008 |
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- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
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Maximum diameter of the rod-shaped specimen for transmission electron microtomography without the "missing wedge". / Kato, Mitsuro; Kawase, Noboru; Kaneko, Takeshi; Toh, Shoichi; Matsumura, Syo; Jinnai, Hiroshi.
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T1 - Maximum diameter of the rod-shaped specimen for transmission electron microtomography without the "missing wedge"
AU - Kato, Mitsuro
AU - Kawase, Noboru
AU - Kaneko, Takeshi
AU - Toh, Shoichi
AU - Matsumura, Syo
AU - Jinnai, Hiroshi
PY - 2008/2/1
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N2 - In our recent study, the complete rotation of a rod-shaped specimen during transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been successfully carried out, yielding a truly quantitative three-dimensional (3D) structure of a ZrO2/polymer nano-composite. This result allows the further development of transmission electron microtomography (TEMT) for materials science. The diameter of the rod-shaped specimen was about 150 nm, which may not be statistically large enough to evaluate structural parameters, e.g., volume fraction of Zr nano-particles. Thus, it is preferable to image rods with larger diameters in 3D. In this study, several rod-shaped specimens whose diameters ranged from 150 to 530 nm were subjected to the "distortion-free TEMT". The maximum diameters, l, observable under 200 and 300 kV-TEMTs were, respectively, 460-470 and 600-670 nm (corresponding the maximum relative diameters, l / λ (λ: mean free path), were ca. 2.2 and 2.7-3.0).
AB - In our recent study, the complete rotation of a rod-shaped specimen during transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been successfully carried out, yielding a truly quantitative three-dimensional (3D) structure of a ZrO2/polymer nano-composite. This result allows the further development of transmission electron microtomography (TEMT) for materials science. The diameter of the rod-shaped specimen was about 150 nm, which may not be statistically large enough to evaluate structural parameters, e.g., volume fraction of Zr nano-particles. Thus, it is preferable to image rods with larger diameters in 3D. In this study, several rod-shaped specimens whose diameters ranged from 150 to 530 nm were subjected to the "distortion-free TEMT". The maximum diameters, l, observable under 200 and 300 kV-TEMTs were, respectively, 460-470 and 600-670 nm (corresponding the maximum relative diameters, l / λ (λ: mean free path), were ca. 2.2 and 2.7-3.0).
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