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Accurate temperature measurement at the nanoscale is crucial for thermal management in next-generation microelectronic devices. Existing optical and scanning-probe thermometry techniques face limitations in spatial resolution, accuracy, or…

We present a methodology for in situ Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction (TKD) tensile testing that enables nanoscale characterization of the evolution of complex plasticity mechanisms. By integrating a modified in situ scanning electron…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-18 Tijmen Vermeij , Amit Sharma , Douglas Steinbach , Jun Lou , Johann Michler , Xavier Maeder

Transmission Kikuchi diffraction in the scanning electron microscope has gained popularity as a materials characterization technique for its high throughput and nanometer-level spatial resolution. While conventional diffraction pattern…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-22 Tianbi Zhang , Raynald Gauvin , Aimo Winkelmann , T. Ben Britton

Accurate, non-contact temperature measurement with high spatial resolution is essential for understanding thermal behavior in integrated nanoscale devices and heterogeneous interfaces. However, existing techniques are often limited by the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-13 Kun Yang , Chao Zhang , Chengwei Wu , Qian Du , Bingzhi Li , Zhen Fang , Liang Li , Jianbo Wu , Tianru Wu , Hui Wang , Tao Deng , Wenpei Gao

Diffraction pattern analysis can be used to reveal the crystalline structure of materials, and this information is used to nano- and micro-structure of advanced engineering materials that enable modern life. For nano-structured materials…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-13 Tianbi Zhang , T. Ben Britton

Measuring nanoscale local temperatures, particularly in vertically integrated and multi-component systems, remains challenging. Spectroscopic techniques like X-ray absorption and core-loss electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) are…

Recent advances in scanning electron microscope (SEM) based Kikuchi diffraction have demonstrated the important potential for reflection and transmission methods, like transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) and electron backscatter…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-21 Tianbi Zhang , Lukas Berners , Jakub Holzer , T. Ben Britton

Measuring local chemistry of specific crystallographic features by atom probe tomography (APT) is facilitated by using transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) to help position them sufficiently close to the apex of the needle-shaped…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-04 Baptiste Gault , Heena Khanchandani , T. S. Prithiv , Stoichko Antonov , T. Ben Britton

We introduce a technique based on infrared thermal emission, termed depth thermography, that can remotely measure the temperature distribution beneath the surface of certain objects. Depth thermography utilizes the thermal-emission spectrum…

Optics · Physics 2019-08-22 Yuzhe Xiao , Chenghao Wan , Alireza Shahsafi , Jad Salman , Mikhail A. Kats

Quantitative interpretation of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data of crystalline specimens often requires the accurate knowledge of the local crystal orientation. A method is presented which exploits momentum-resolved scanning TEM…

Thermal transport in nanostructures plays a critical role in modern technologies. As devices shrink, techniques that can measure thermal properties at nanometer and nanosecond scales are increasingly needed to capture transient,…

We describe a lattice-based crystallographic approximation for the analysis of distorted crystal structures via Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) in the scanning electron microscope. EBSD patterns are closely linked to local lattice…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-01-02 Aimo Winkelmann , Gert Nolze , Grzegorz Cios , Tomasz Tokarski

For atoms or molecules in optical lattices, conventional thermometry methods are often unsuitable due to low particle numbers or a lack of cycling transitions. However, a differential spectroscopic light shift can map temperature onto the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-03-03 Mickey McDonald , Bart H. McGuyer , Geoffrey Z. Iwata , Tanya Zelevinsky

In this paper, we have analysed the depth resolution that can be achieved by on-axis transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) using a Zr-Nb alloy. The results indicate that the signals contributing to detectable Kikuchi bands originate from a…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-24 Junliang Liu , Sergio Lozano-Perez , Angus J. Wilkinson , Chris R. M. Grovenor

Temperature sensors with micro- and nanoscale spatial resolution have long been explored for their potential to investigate the details of physical systems at an unprecedented scale. In particular, the rapid miniaturization of transistor…

Two phase titanium alloys are important for high performance engineering components, such as aeroengine discs. The microstructures of these alloys are tailored during thermomechanical processing to precisely control phase factions,…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-05 Vivian Tong , Sudha Joseph , Abigail K. Ackerman , David Dye , T. Ben Britton

Precise temperature measurement at micro/nanoscale is crucial across various domains including physical sciences, chemical processes, industrial production, medical diagnosis, weather forecasting, electronics, and biology. Micro/nanoscale…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Hassan Irshad Bhatti

The electronic thermal conductivity of graphene and 2D Dirac materials is of fundamental interest and can play an important role in the performance of nano-scale devices. We report the electronic thermal conductivity, $K_{e}$, in suspended…

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Energy dissipation is a fundamental process governing the dynamics of physical, chemical, and biological systems. It is also one of the main characteristics distinguishing quantum and classical phenomena. In condensed matter physics, in…

The microelectronics industry is pushing the fundamental limit on the physical size of individual elements to produce faster and more powerful integrated chips. These chips have nanoscale features that dissipate power resulting in nanoscale…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-23 Qilong Cheng , Sukumar Rajauria , Erhard Schreck , Robert Smith , Na Wang , Jim Reiner , Qing Dai , David Bogy
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