Electron tomography(ET) has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool in addressing challenging problems, such as understanding 3 D interactions among various microstructures. Advancing ET to broader applications requir...Electron tomography(ET) has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool in addressing challenging problems, such as understanding 3 D interactions among various microstructures. Advancing ET to broader applications requires novel instrumentation design to break the bottlenecks both in theory and in practice. In this work, we built a compact four-degree-of-freedom(threedirectional positionings plus self-rotation) nano-manipulator dedicated to ET applications, which is called X-Nano transmission electron microscope(TEM) holder. All the movements of the four degrees of freedom are precisely driven by built-in piezoelectric actuators, minimizing the artefacts due to vibration and drifting of the TEM stage. Full 360° rotation is realized with an accuracy of 0.05° in the whole range, which solves the missing wedge problem. Meanwhile, the specimen can move to the rotation axis with an integrated 3D nano-manipulator, greatly reducing the effort in tracking sample locations during tilting.Meanwhile, in-situ stimulation function can be seamlessly integrated into the X-Nano TEM holder so that dynamic information can be uncovered. We expect that more delicate researches, such as those about 3D microstructural evolution, can be carried out extensively by means of this holder in the near future.展开更多
In spite of extremely high strength and hardness, the property of brittleness is tightly linked to diamond. In the deformation of diamond at room temperature, the plasticity of the diamond is normally considered hard ...In spite of extremely high strength and hardness, the property of brittleness is tightly linked to diamond. In the deformation of diamond at room temperature, the plasticity of the diamond is normally considered hard to occur because of the domination of catastrophic brittle fracture. Herein, we employed in-situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal the diamond roomtemperature plastic behavior, and compared it with a recent report(Adv. Mater. 2020, 1906458) on transformation-induced room-temperature plasticity of diamond nanopillars. Our present in-situ uniaxial compression tests in sub-micron-sized diamond pillars indicate that the plasticity in diamond is carried out by dislocations slipping instead of phase transformation and the initiation of plasticity highly depends on the stress state. On the other hand, we noted that a high proportion of amorphous surface layer in the diamond pillars with a diameter of less than 20 nm may be a significant factor leading to the plasticity.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11725210 and 11672355)。
文摘Electron tomography(ET) has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool in addressing challenging problems, such as understanding 3 D interactions among various microstructures. Advancing ET to broader applications requires novel instrumentation design to break the bottlenecks both in theory and in practice. In this work, we built a compact four-degree-of-freedom(threedirectional positionings plus self-rotation) nano-manipulator dedicated to ET applications, which is called X-Nano transmission electron microscope(TEM) holder. All the movements of the four degrees of freedom are precisely driven by built-in piezoelectric actuators, minimizing the artefacts due to vibration and drifting of the TEM stage. Full 360° rotation is realized with an accuracy of 0.05° in the whole range, which solves the missing wedge problem. Meanwhile, the specimen can move to the rotation axis with an integrated 3D nano-manipulator, greatly reducing the effort in tracking sample locations during tilting.Meanwhile, in-situ stimulation function can be seamlessly integrated into the X-Nano TEM holder so that dynamic information can be uncovered. We expect that more delicate researches, such as those about 3D microstructural evolution, can be carried out extensively by means of this holder in the near future.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11725210,11672355&11702165)。
文摘In spite of extremely high strength and hardness, the property of brittleness is tightly linked to diamond. In the deformation of diamond at room temperature, the plasticity of the diamond is normally considered hard to occur because of the domination of catastrophic brittle fracture. Herein, we employed in-situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal the diamond roomtemperature plastic behavior, and compared it with a recent report(Adv. Mater. 2020, 1906458) on transformation-induced room-temperature plasticity of diamond nanopillars. Our present in-situ uniaxial compression tests in sub-micron-sized diamond pillars indicate that the plasticity in diamond is carried out by dislocations slipping instead of phase transformation and the initiation of plasticity highly depends on the stress state. On the other hand, we noted that a high proportion of amorphous surface layer in the diamond pillars with a diameter of less than 20 nm may be a significant factor leading to the plasticity.
