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We present spherical analysis of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) patterns with two new algorithms: (1) band localisation and band profile analysis using the spherical Radon transform; (2) orientation determination using spherical…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-04 Ralf Hielscher , Felix Bartel , Thomas Benjamin Britton

We present a new computation method for simulating reflection high-energy electron diffraction and the total-reflection high-energy positron diffraction experiments. The two experiments are used commonly for the structural analysis of…

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We investigate the eigenstructure of matrix formulations used for modeling scattering processes within materials in transmission electron microscopy. Dynamical scattering is crucial for describing the interaction between an electron wave…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-12 Arya Bangun , Oleh Melnyk , Benjamin März

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…

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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

Precise and accurate determination of crystallographic orientation is crucial for engineering van der Waals heterostructures, where the twist angle between layers controls emergent electronic and optical properties. While Electron…

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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

Materials characterization using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) requires indexing the orientation of the measured region from Kikuchi patterns. The quality of Kikuchi patterns can degrade due to pattern overlaps arising from two or…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-06-07 Ashish Chauniyal , Pascal Thome , Markus Stricker

Pattern matching approaches to electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) provide qualitatively new possibilities for the microstructural analysis of chiral non-centrosymmetric phases due to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-16 Grzegorz Cios , Aimo Winkelmann , Tomasz Tokarski , Piotr Bała

Electron diffraction through a thin patterned silicon membrane can be used to create complex spatial modulations in electron distributions by varying the intensity of different reflections using parameters such as crystallographic…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-05-30 L. E. Malin , W. S. Graves , M. Holl , J. C. H. Spence , E. A. Nanni , R. K. Li , X. Shen , S. Weathersby

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

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

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

Understanding the local fracture resistance of microstructural features. such as brittle inclusions, coatings, and interfaces at the microscale under complex loading conditions is critical for microstructure-informed design of materials. In…

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

Based on the cross correlation analysis of the Kikuchi diffraction patterns high-resolution EBSD is a well established method to determine the internal stress in deformed crystalline materials. In many cases, however, the stress values…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-05 Szilvia Kalácska , István Groma , András Borbély , Péter Dusan Ispánovity

Electron backscatter diffraction is a widely used technique for nano- to micro-scale analysis of crystal structure and orientation. Backscatter patterns produced by an alloy solid solution matrix and its ordered superlattice exhibit only…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-13 Thomas P McAuliffe , David Dye , T Ben Britton

Orientation determination does not necessarily require complete knowledge of the local atomic arrangement in a material. We present a method for microstructural phase discrimination and orientation analysis of phases for which there is only…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-06 Aimo Winkelmann , Grzegorz Cios , Tomasz Tokarski , Gert Nolze , Ralf Hielscher , Tomasz Kocieł

The intricate fine structure of Kikuchi diffraction plays a vital role in probing phase transformations and strain distributions in functional materials, particularly in electron microscopy. Beyond these applications, it also proves…

The use of highly sensitive pixelated direct detectors has dramatically improved the performance of high energy instrumentation such as transmission electron microscopy. Here, we describe a recently developed monolithic active pixel sensor…