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Alireza Sadri¹, Scott D Findlay

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We developed a new gradient-descent method to determine electrostatic potential in crystalline materials using scanning transmission electron microscopy. This approach overcomes previous limitations, improving projected structure accuracy.

Keywords:

dynamical scattering four-dimensional STEM gradient descent phase retrieval projected structure determination scattering matrix

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Crystallography
Electron Microscopy

Background:

Determining projected electrostatic potential in crystalline materials is crucial for understanding their properties.
Previous methods based on scattering matrices were limited by the truncation problem.
Dynamical scattering effects complicate accurate structure determination.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel gradient-descent-based approach for determining projected electrostatic potential.
To overcome the truncation problem in scattering-matrix-based methods.
To improve the accuracy of projected structure determination in scanning transmission electron microscopy.

Main Methods:

Utilized four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) measurements.
Employed a gradient-descent optimization algorithm.
Solved for the scattering matrix as an intermediate step, addressing the truncation problem.
Used analytic expressions for efficient gradient calculations.

Main Results:

Successfully determined projected electrostatic potential even with dynamical scattering.
The new method overcomes the limitations of previous scattering-matrix-based approaches.
Simulated case studies demonstrated significant accuracy improvements through iterative scattering matrix refinement.

Conclusions:

The gradient-descent approach offers a robust solution for projected electrostatic potential determination.
Iterative refinement of the scattering matrix enhances the accuracy of structural analysis.
This method advances the capabilities of 4D-STEM for materials characterization.