Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Laboratory

We very much appreciate the selection of our publication 'Mapping structure and morphology of amorphous organic thin films by STEM pair distribution function analysis' for the 36th Scientfic Paper award in the area Physical Science by The Japanese Society of Microscopy. Congratulations to Xiaoke Mu and his coworkers.

The project proposal "Breaking the resolution limit of electron microscopy for magnetic materials" joinedly submitted with the group of Frank Filbir at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich has been approved for funding by the Helmholtz Imaging Plattform. Congratulations to Frank Filber and Xiaoke Mu for the successful proposal.
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We are very pleased to announce that the project CRC 1441 - TrackAct has been funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and is starting in January 2021. Thank you very much Jan-Dierk Grundwaldt and all colleagues involved for the great proposal preparation. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration.
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The installation of the basic ThermoFischer Themis 300 probe corrected analytical TEM is finished. The microscope was accepted in December. In Q1/2021 it will be further equipped with a Dectris pixelated detector and a NanoMegas ASTAR system.
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The installation of the ThermoFischer Themis-Z double corrected analytical TEM is finished. The microscope was accepted in November and is now producing results.
Themis-Z DetailsCongratulations to Dr. Kiran Chakravadhanula for receiving the 2020 Award on Excellence in Microscopy by the Electron Microscopy Socienty of India for his work at KIT.
Method Development

Heating, biasing, electro-chemistry, gas environment, mechanical deformation
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Automated crystal orientaton mapping
Pair distrubution function mapping
Differential phase contrast
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Quantitative 3D nanoscale and microscale analysis
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Atomic structure of the active catalytic center
Metal-Support Interaction
Nano and micro scale morphology
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Quantitative structural description of nanocrystalline metals
Mechanical deformation
Thermal evolution
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Low-dose TEM & electron tomography characterization of complex hybrid materials.
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