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Synchronous quantitative analysis of chiral mesostructured inorganic crystals by 3D electron diffraction tomography
Jing Ai1, Xueliang Zhang2, Te Bai2
1School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092, Shanghai, China.
Nature Communications
|September 29, 2022
Summary
Determining multilevel chirality in mesostructures is difficult. Three-dimensional electron diffraction tomography (3D EDT) offers a new method to precisely characterize these chiral hierarchical mesostructures.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanotechnology
- Crystallography
Background:
- Chiral mesostructures possess unique helical stacking and structural-chiral anisotropy.
- Conventional techniques like spectroscopy and electron microscopy provide limited information for detailed multilevel chirality determination.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a general approach for determining the multilevel chirality of hierarchical mesostructures.
- To overcome the limitations of existing methods in characterizing complex chiral architectures.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing three-dimensional electron diffraction tomography (3D EDT) for structural analysis.
- Synchronously solving structures via quantitative measurement of diffraction spot deformations and reciprocal space arrangement.
Main Results:
- Successfully determined hierarchical chiral structures in nickel molybdate and tin dioxide mesoporous materials.
- Demonstrated that 3D EDT reveals chiral features unobtainable by conventional techniques.
Conclusions:
- 3D EDT provides a precise and comprehensive method for identifying hierarchical mesostructures.
- This approach is expected to significantly advance the fundamental understanding of structural-chiral anisotropy.
