HRTEMFringeAnalyzer a free python module for an automated analysis of fringe pattern in transmission electron micrographs |
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Authors: | IVO ALXNEIT |
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Affiliation: | Bioenergy and Catalysis Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | A python module (HRTEMFringeAnalyzer ) is reported to evaluate the local crystallinity of samples from high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy images in a mostly automated fashion. The user only selects the size of a square analyser window and a step size which translates the window in the micrograph. Together they define the resolution of the results obtained. Regions where fringe patterns are visible are identified and their lattice spacing d and direction ? as well as the corresponding mean errors σ determined. is proportional to the coherence length of the structure, whereas is a measure of how well the direction of the fringes is defined. Maps of these four indicators are computed. The performance of the program is demonstrated on two very different samples: ill‐crystalline carbon deposits on a coked Ni/LFNO (reduced LaFe0.8Ni0.2O) catalyst and well‐crystallized nanoparticles of zinc doped ceria. In the latter case, the automatic segmentation of large aggregates into individual crystalline domains is achieved by ? maps. |
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Keywords: | Morphology nanoparticles pyrocarbon segmentation texture analysis |
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