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Energy Dispersive X-ray Tomography for 3D Elemental Mapping of Individual Nanoparticles
Published on: July 5, 2016
Reverse Monte Carlo reconstruction algorithm for discrete electron tomography based on HAADF-STEM atom counting
F Moyon1, D Hernandez-Maldonado2, M D Robertson3
1Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, Groupe de Physique des Matériaux, Rouen, France.
Abstract:
In this paper, we propose an algorithm to obtain a three-dimensional reconstruction of a single nanoparticle based on the method of atom counting. The location of atoms in three dimensions has been successfully performed using simulations of high-angle-annular-dark-field images from only three zone-axis projections, [110], [310] and [211], for a face-centred cubic particle. These three orientations are typically accessible by low-tilt holders often used in high-performance scanning transmission electron microscopes.

