Improved precision and accuracy of electron energy-loss spectroscopy quantification via fine structure fitting with constrained optimization.

Autor: Jannis D; Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Nanolab center of excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium., Van den Broek W; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Achtseweg Noord 5, 5651 GG Eindhoven, Netherlands. Electronic address: wouter.vandenbroek@thermofisher.com., Zhang Z; Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Nanolab center of excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, 16 Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, United Kingdom., Van Aert S; Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Nanolab center of excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium., Verbeeck J; Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Nanolab center of excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ultramicroscopy [Ultramicroscopy] 2025 Mar; Vol. 269, pp. 114084. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.114084
Abstrakt: By working out the Bethe sum rule, a boundary condition that takes the form of a linear equality is derived for the fine structure observed in ionization edges present in electron energy-loss spectra. This condition is subsequently used as a constraint in the estimation process of the elemental abundances, demonstrating starkly improved precision and accuracy and reduced sensitivity to the number of model parameters. Furthermore, the fine structure is reliably extracted from the spectra in an automated way, thus providing critical information on the sample's electronic properties that is hard or impossible to obtain otherwise. Since this approach allows dispensing with the need for user-provided input, a potential source of bias is prevented.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: W. Van den Broek, D. Jannis, J. Verbeeck has patent pending to Thermo Fisher Scientific. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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