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Ultramicroscopy. 2017 Jul;178:125-130. doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.09.001. Epub 2016 Sep 08.

Applications and limitations of electron correlation microscopy to study relaxation dynamics in supercooled liquids.

Ultramicroscopy

Pei Zhang, Li He, Matthew F Besser, Ze Liu, Jan Schroers, Matthew J Kramer, Paul M Voyles

Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  2. Materials Science and Engineering, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27638332 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.09.001

Abstract

Electron correlation microscopy (ECM) is a way to measure structural relaxation times, τ, of liquids with nanometer-scale spatial resolution using coherent electron scattering equivalent of photon correlation spectroscopy. We have applied ECM with a 3.5nm diameter probe to Pt

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Keywords: Electron correlation microscopy; In-situ heating; Metallic glass; Structural relaxation time; Supercooled liquid

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