Nanostructures in 3D

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The 3D gradient of the crystallographic orientations in an intermetallic iron-aluminium specimen (lattice curvature) close to a very hard Laves phase (appears as a transparent net). The various layers of colour indicate increasing changes in the crys ...
The 3D gradient of the crystallographic orientations in an intermetallic iron-aluminium specimen (lattice curvature) close to a very hard Laves phase (appears as a transparent net). The various layers of colour indicate increasing changes in the crystal orientation from the reference point directly at the interface between matrix and Laves phase in two degree misorientation intervals. Image: Max Planck Institute for Iron Research

Max Planck researchers from Düsseldorf unveil the first three-dimensional electron microscope for examining nanomaterials structure. It is the world’s first electron microscope for simultaneously and automatically investigating in three-dimensions the phase content, crystallographic texture, and crystal interfaces of materials - co-designed and put into service at the Department of Microstructure Physics and Metal Forming at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Düsseldorf, Germany. The device contains a high-resolution scanning electron microscope and an -ion-beam microscope.


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