Structure analysis of materials at the order-disorder borderline using three-dimensional electron diffraction.

Diffuse scattering, observed as intensity distribution between the Bragg peaks, is associated with deviations from the average crystal structure, generally referred to as disorder. In many cases crystal defects are seen as unwanted perturbations of the periodic structure and therefore they are often ignored. Yet, when it comes to the structure analysis of nano-volumes, what electron crystallography is designed for, the significance of defects increases. Twinning and polytypic sequences are other perturbations from ideal crystal structure that are also commonly observed in nanocrystals. Here we present an overview of defect types and review some of the most prominent studies published on the analysis of defective nanocrystalline structures by means of three-dimensional electron diffraction.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials

• Publication date

  2019-08-01

• Fields of study

  Chemistry, Medicine, Materials Science, Physics

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  DOI 10.1107/S2052520619007339PMID 32830712
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