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Structure Determination of Atomically Controlled Crystal Architectures Grown within Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2005

Angus I. Kirkland ,
Rüdiger R. Meyer ,
J. Sloan  and
J.L. Hutchison
Angus I. Kirkland
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK
Rüdiger R. Meyer
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK
J. Sloan
Affiliation:
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK
J.L. Hutchison
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK
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Abstract

Indirect high resolution electron microscopy using one of several possible data-set geometries offers advantages over conventional high-resolution imaging in enabling the recovery of the complex wavefunction at the specimen exit plane and simultaneously eliminating the aberrations present in the objective lens. This article discusses results obtained using this method from structures formed by inorganic materials confined within the bores of carbon nanotubes. Such materials are shown to be atomically regulated due to their confinement, leading to integral layer architectures that we have termed “Feynman crystals.” These one-dimensional (1D) crystals also show a wide range of structural deviations from the bulk, including unexpected lattice distortions, and in some cases entirely new forms have been observed.

Keywords

high resolution electron microscopyimage reconstructionaberration measurement
Type
Special Issue: Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 401 - 409
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© 2005 Microscopy Society of America

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