scholarly journals High voltage and high resolution electron microscopy in materials science

JOM ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Thomas
Author(s):  
S.Y. Zhang ◽  
J.M. Cowley

The combination of high resolution electron microscopy (HREM) and nanodiffraction techniques provided a powerful means for characterizing many of the interface structures which are of fundamental importance in materials science. In this work the interface structure between magnesium oxide and aluminum has been examined by HREM (with JEM-200CX) and nanodiffraction (with HB-5). The interfaces were formed by evaporating Al on freshly prepared cubic MgO smoke crystals under various vacuum conditions, at 10 -4, 10-5 10-6 and 10-7 torr. The Al layers on the MgO (001) surface are about 100Å thick. TEM observations were performed with the incident beam along the MgO [100] direction so that the interface could be revealed clearly. The nanodiffraction patterns were obtained with the electron beam of 15Å diameter parallel to the interface.


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