In a process analogous to how solids melt into liquids, the electrons in many different metals form crystal-like patterns ...
What is Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)? Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), also known as backscatter Kikuchi diffraction (BKD), is a powerful characterization technique used to analyze ...
Accelerator-based high-energy electron diffraction determines 3D atomic structure of materials New method using ultrashort ...
A long-standing mystery in materials science is beginning to unravel as researchers directly probe the hidden atomic ...
In geology, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is a powerful tool for the observation and analysis of microstructures and for phase identification. The EBSD system, by Oxford Instruments, ...
MIT researchers uncover a hidden 3D atomic structure in relaxor ferroelectrics using electron ptychography, resolving a ...
Materials called relaxor ferroelectrics have been used for decades in technologies like ultrasounds, microphones, and sonar ...
The intermediate range order of covalent glasses has been extensively studied in terms of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP), but the direct observation of the atomic density fluctuations that ...
Back in 2010, crystallographer Tim Gruene heard a scientist from drugmaker Novartis say something that stuck with him. The pharmaceutical giant had amassed a collection of around 2 million small ...