Atom probe tomography

B Gault, A Chiaramonti, O Cojocaru-Mirédin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Atom probe tomography (APT) provides three-dimensional compositional mapping with sub-
nanometre resolution. The sensitivity of APT is in the range of parts per million for all …

Three-dimensional nanoscale characterisation of materials by atom probe tomography

A Devaraj, DE Perea, J Liu, LM Gordon… - International …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The development of three-dimensional (3-D), characterisation techniques with high spatial
and mass resolution is crucial for understanding and developing advanced materials for …

Unique bond breaking in crystalline phase change materials and the quest for metavalent bonding

M Zhu, O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, AM Mio… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Laser‐assisted field evaporation is studied in a large number of compounds, including
amorphous and crystalline phase change materials employing atom probe tomography. This …

Correlated ion analysis and the interpretation of atom probe mass spectra

DW Saxey - Ultramicroscopy, 2011 - Elsevier
Several techniques are presented for extracting information from atom probe mass spectra
by investigating correlations within multiple-ion detector events. Analyses of this kind can …

Atom probe analysis of electrode materials for Li-ion batteries: Challenges and ways forward

SH Kim, S Antonov, X Zhou, LT Stephenson… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The worldwide development of electric vehicles as well as large-scale or grid-scale energy
storage to compensate for the intermittent nature of renewable energy generation has led to …

Recent search for new superhard materials: Go nano!

S Veprek - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
High elastic moduli do not guarantee high hardness because upon finite shear electronic
instabilities often occur that result in transformation to softer phases. Therefore, the author …

A reproducible method for damage‐free site‐specific preparation of atom probe tips from interfaces

PJ Felfer, T Alam, SP Ringer… - … research and technique, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Atom probe tomography (APT) is a mass spectrometry method with atomic‐scale spatial
resolution that can be used for the investigation of a wide range of materials. The main …

Atom probe tomography: a local probe for chemical bonds in solids

O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, Y Yu, J Köttgen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atom probe tomography is frequently employed to characterize the elemental distribution in
solids with atomic resolution. Here the potential of this technique to locally probe chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of detector dead-time on quantitative analyses involving boron and multi-hit detection events in atom probe tomography

F Meisenkothen, EB Steel, TJ Prosa, KT Henry… - Ultramicroscopy, 2015 - Elsevier
In atom probe tomography (APT), some elements tend to field evaporate preferentially in
multi-hit detection events. Boron (B) is one such element. It is thought that a large fraction of …

Characterisation of the oxidation and creep behaviour of novel Mo-Si-Ti alloys

S Obert, A Kauffmann, M Heilmaier - Acta materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The oxidation and creep behaviour of novel eutectic-eutectoid Mo-Si-Ti alloys were studied
and compared to previously investigated entirely eutectic Mo-20Si-52.8 Ti (at%) and …