Quantitative three-dimensional local order analysis of nanomaterials through electron diffraction.

ABSTRACT: Structure-property relationships in ordered materials have long been a core principle in materials design. However, the introduction of disorder into materials provides structural flexibility and thus access to material properties that are not attainable in conventional, ordered materials. To understand disorder-property relationships, the disorder - i.e., the local ordering principles - must be quantified. Local order can be probed experimentally by diffuse scattering. The analysis is notoriously difficult, especially if only powder samples are available. Here, we combine the advantages of three-dimensional electron diffraction - a method that allows single crystal diffraction measurements on sub-micron sized crystals - and three-dimensional difference pair distribution function analysis

SUBMITTER: Schmidt EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature