MacLaren, I. et al. (2020) A comparison of a direct electron detector and a high-speed video camera for a scanning precession electron diffraction phase and orientation mapping. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(6), pp. 1110-1116. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927620024411) (PMID:32867871)
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Abstract
A scanning precession electron diffraction system has been integrated with a direct electron detector to allow the collection of improved quality diffraction patterns. This has been used on a two-phase α–β titanium alloy (Timetal® 575) for phase and orientation mapping using an existing pattern-matching algorithm and has been compared to the commonly used detector system, which consisted of a high-speed video-camera imaging the small phosphor focusing screen. Noise is appreciably lower with the direct electron detector, and this is especially noticeable further from the diffraction pattern center where the real electron scattering is reduced and both diffraction spots and inelastic scattering between spots are weaker. The results for orientation mapping are a significant improvement in phase and orientation indexing reliability, especially of fine nanoscale laths of α-Ti, where the weak diffracted signal is rather lost in the noise for the optically coupled camera. This was done at a dose of ~19 e−/Å2, and there is clearly a prospect for reducing the current further while still producing indexable patterns. This opens the way for precession diffraction phase and orientation mapping of radiation-sensitive crystalline materials.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | McGrouther, Dr Damien and Frutos Myro, Mr Enrique and McFadzean, Dr Sam and MacLaren, Dr Ian |
| Authors: | MacLaren, I., Frutos-Myro, E., McGrouther, D., McFadzean, S., Weiss, J. K., Cosart, D., Portillo, J., Robins, A., Nicolopoulos, S., Nebot del Busto, E., and Skogeby, R. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Microscopy and Microanalysis |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 1431-9276 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1435-8115 |
| Published Online: | 01 September 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 Microscopy Society of America |
| First Published: | First published in Microscopy and Microanalysis 26(6): 1110-1116 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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