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Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) patterns can exhibit Kikuchi bands with inverted contrast due to anomalous absorption. This can be observed, for example, on samples with nanoscale topography, in case of a low tilt backscattering…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-22 Grzegorz Cios , Aimo Winkelmann , Gert Nolze , Tomasz Tokarski , Benedykt R. Jany , Piotr Bała

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is a technique used to measure crystallographic features in the scanning electron microscope. The technique is highly automated and readily accessible in many laboratories. EBSD pattern indexing is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Thomas Benjamin Britton , Vivian Tong , Jim Hickey , Alex Foden , Angus Wilkinson

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has developed over the last few decades into a valuable crystallographic characterisation method for a wide range of sample types. Despite these advances, issues such as the complexity of sample…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Zoë Broad , Alex W. Robinson , Jack Wells , Daniel Nicholls , Amirafshar Moshtaghpour , Angus I. Kirkland , Nigel D. Browning

The design of novel materials hinges on the understanding of structure-property relationships. However, in recent times, our capability to synthesize a large number of materials has outpaced our speed at characterizing them. While the…

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

We present a few recent developments in the field of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). We highlight how open source algorithms and open data formats can be used to rapidly to develop microstructural insight of materials. We include…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-08-15 Alex Foden , Alessandro Previero , Thomas Benjamin Britton

We present a simple 'shift-and-add' based improvement in the angular resolution of single electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) patterns. Sub-pixel image registration is used to measure the (sub-pixel) difference in projection parameters…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Ben Britton , Tianbi Zhang

An automated approach to reconstruct spherical Kikuchi maps from experimentally collected electron backscatter diffraction patterns and overlay each pattern onto its corresponding position on a simulated Kikuchi sphere is presented in this…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-10 Chaoyi Zhu , Kevin Kaufmann , Kenneth Vecchio

Electron backscatter diffraction is a powerful tool for mapping crystallographic microstructures. However, the primary crux to improving orientation accuracy and applying the technique to challenging materials lies in the correct…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-29 Claire Griesbach , Dennis M. Kochmann

Addressing the need for efficient and integrated multiscale crystallographic and defect analyses of advanced materials, this paper presents the implementation of a new multi-configuration detection system, integrating a single…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-19 Nohayla El-Khairaoui , Julien Guyon , Nathalie Gey , Luc Morhain , Nabila Maloufi

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in the scanning electron microscope is routinely used for microstructural characterisation of polycrystalline materials. Maps of EBSD data are typically acquired at high stage tilt and slow scan…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-01 Vivian Tong , Thomas Benjamin Britton

We present kikuchipy, an open-source toolbox for analysis of electron backscatter diffraction patterns, written in Python. The software is capable of both Hough and dictionary indexing and orientation and/or projection center refinement of…

Three dimensional electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) microscopy is a critical tool in many applications in materials science, yet its data quality can fluctuate greatly during the arduous collection process, particularly via…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Harry Dong , Sean Donegan , Megna Shah , Yuejie Chi

This paper presents a novel approach for denoising Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) patterns using diffusion models. We propose a two-stage training process with a UNet-based architecture, incorporating an auxiliary regression head…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-01 Nikolay Falaleev , Nikolai Orlov

The three scanning electron microscope diffraction based techniques of electron channelling patterns (ECPs), electron channelling contrast imaging (ECCI), and electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD) are reviewed. The dynamical diffraction…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-12 AJ Wilkinson , PB Hirsch

Despite advancements in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) detector speeds, the acquisition rates of 4-Dimensional (4D) EBSD data, i.e., a collection of 2-dimensional (2D) diffraction maps for every position of a convergent electron…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Zoë Broad , Daniel Nicholls , Jack Wells , Alex W. Robinson , Amirafshar Moshtaghpour , Robert Masters , Louise Hughes , Nigel D. Browning

The study of thin films and 2D materials, including transition metal dichalcogenides such as WSe$_2$ offers opportunities to leverage their properties in advanced sensors, quantum technologies, and device to optimize functional performance.…

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

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

Pattern matching between target electron backscatter patterns (EBSPs) and dynamically simulated EBSPs was used to determine the pattern centre (PC) and crystal orientation, using a global optimisation algorithm. Systematic analysis of error…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-16 Tomohito Tanaka , Angus J. Wilkinson