Atomic-level quantitative analysis of electronic functional materials by aberration-corrected STEM

The stable sub-angstrom resolution of the aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope(ACSTEM)makes it an advanced and practical characterization technique for all materials.Owing to the prosperous advancement in computational technology,specialized software and programs have emerged as potent facilitators across the entirety of electron microscopy characterization process.Utilizing advanced image processing algorithms promotes the rectification of image distortions,concurrently elevating the overall image quality to superior standards.Extracting high-resolution,pixel-level discrete information and converting it into atomic-scale,followed by performing statistical calculations on the physical matters of interest through quantitative analysis,represent an effective strategy to maximize the value of electron microscope images.The efficacious utilization of quantitative analysis of electron microscope images has become a progressively prominent consideration for materials scientists and electron microscopy researchers.This article offers a concise overview of the pivotal procedures in quantitative analysis and summarizes the computational methodologies involved from three perspectives:contrast,lattice and strain,as well as atomic displacements and polarization.It further elaborates on practical applications of these methods in electronic functional materials,notably in piezoelectrics/ferroelectrics and thermoelectrics.It emphasizes the indispensable role of quantitative analysis in fundamental theoretical research,elucidating the structure–property correlations in high-performance systems,and guiding synthesis strategies.

Application of data analysis method in geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical seismic engineering belongs to the cross field of geotechnical engineering and earthquake engineering. Due to the dual effects of the variability of geotechnical objects and the complexity of dynamic loading, the scientific problems involved in this field have to face more uncertainties. Through the analysis on the status quo of uncertainty analysis methods in geotechnical earthquake engineering in the field of non deterministic analysis clear difficulties, weak links with all kinds of uncertainty analysis method to solve the inherent weakness of determining geotechnical earthquake engineering uncertainty problem, and can determine the establishment and improvement to provide some ideas and direction analysis model for non.

Structural-functional unit ordering for high-performance electron-correlated materials

Electron-correlated materials have been drawing ever-increasing attention due to their fascinating physical behaviors and extensive application scenarios.In this review,a new method for material research and design(R&D),named structural-functional unit ordering(SFU ordering),which is presented,overcomes the shortcomings—for example,the limitation of finite chemical elements and long R&D circle-of conventional strategy and thus provides guidance for the design of these high-performance functional materials on demand.Meanwhile,with the development of material characterization technologies,SFUs of different scales and types can be directly observed,which,moreover,regulate the corresponding orderings.The review,starts with an introduction of the profile for SFU ordering and the synergistic effect between SFUs.Then,studies on several new high-performance electronic-correlated materials,for example,a ferromagnetic semiconductor with local spin,ferromagnetic metals with spin topologies,ferroelectric thin films with polar topologies,piezoelectric thin films with nanopillars enclosed by charged boundaries,thermoelectric materials with local ferromagnetic nanoparticles and topotactic phase transformation with conducting nanofilaments are stated in detail one by one.The vital aspect is the breaking of local symmetry,the construction,the structure,of SFUs and their orderings existing or theoretically existing,together with the enhanced/new performance.All in all,the main comments of the review tend to the remaining challenges,promising design approaches for the SFUs,and their orderings for high-performance functional materials.