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  • Crystallography
  • Materials Science
  • Electron Microscopy

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  • Traditional single-crystal structure elucidation relies solely on diffraction-space data.
  • Experimental access to real-space information has been limited in crystallography.
  • Agglomerated nanostructures pose challenges for conventional microcrystal electron diffraction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To integrate real-space information into the crystallographic workflow using 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D STEM).
  • To overcome limitations of conventional methods for structure determination of challenging nanoscale materials.
  • To enable direct methods for solving scanning nanobeam electron diffraction structures.

Main Methods:

  • Exploiting the dual-space imaging capabilities of 4D STEM.
  • Utilizing virtual apertures created by segmenting high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) images.
  • Separating coherent Bragg signals from closely spaced nanocrystals.
  • Selectively extracting integrated intensities from specific subregions of specimens.

Main Results:

  • Pixel-by-pixel separation of Bragg signal from nanocrystal clusters.
  • Selective intensity extraction for tuning multiple scattering artifacts.
  • Successful structure solution of the metal-organic framework UiO-66 from intractable specimens.
  • Demonstration of subangstrom resolution structures determined by direct methods using scanning nanobeam electron diffraction.

Conclusions:

  • The developed 4D STEM strategy effectively integrates real-space and diffraction-space data for structure elucidation.
  • This method allows for the selection of optimal nanoscale regions for high-quality diffraction data acquisition.
  • It provides a powerful new approach for solving crystal structures of nanomaterials, including those with complex morphologies.