In a process analogous to how solids melt into liquids, the electrons in many different metals form crystal-like patterns ...

Fundamentals of electron diffraction -- Relation between crystal lattice, stereographic projection and reciprocal lattice -- Indexing polycrystalline and single-crystal patterns -- Orientation ...

Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) is a scanning electron microscopy technique that yields spatially resolved crystallographic information by analysing the angular distribution of electrons ...

For decades, relaxor ferroelectrics have powered everything from medical ultrasounds to sonar systems, yet their inner atomic ...

Strain engineering, which involves deliberately stretching or compressing a crystal lattice, is used to boost the speed of electron flow in a device. Even a fraction of percent change in lattice ...

A long-standing mystery in materials science is beginning to unravel as researchers directly probe the hidden atomic ...

What was discovered: Scientists observed that electron crystals in metals can deform and melt like solids, disrupting their ordered patterns. Why it matters: Manipulating these structures could enable ...

MIT researchers uncover a hidden 3D atomic structure in relaxor ferroelectrics using electron ptychography, resolving a ...

For the first time, researchers directly characterized the 3D atomic structure of a relaxor ferroelectric, a class of ...

What is Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)? Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), also known as backscatter Kikuchi diffraction (BKD), is a powerful characterization technique used to analyze ...

Accelerator-based high-energy electron diffraction determines 3D atomic structure of materials New method using ultrashort ...