Microscopy Conference 2023

Dynamics of single atoms and molecules encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

MS 3: Low-dimensional and quantum materials

Poster session MS 3: Low-dimensional and quantum materials

Poster

MS 1: Energy-related materials and catalysts

Beyond conventional chemical mapping: prospects and challenges of orbital mapping

IM 2: Spectroscopy

Aberration correctors, electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) are nowadays indispensable tools for obtaining atomic-scale information of chemical composition and bonding in materials. Not only can material phases be identified, but important effects such as interdiffusion between phases, or charge ordering, to name but a few, can be studied. In the past decade, in EELS low energy losses were intensively used to identify surface plasmons in nanomaterials, even in a tomographic approach. This was made possible by the implementation of electron monochromators into the electron gun. Recent technological advances have opened the energy-loss window into the sub-10 meV regime where a range of new phenomena can now be studied. These include phonons, low-energy plasmons, and possibly many more low-energy excitations in materials. The wealth of information generates new grand challenges in understanding and modelling the underlying fundamentals of signal generation and intelligent processing of large data sets. Contributions are invited on hardware and technique developments, theory and simulation, data processing as well as applications covering both physical and biological sciences.

Spectroscopy

Abstract talk

IM 5: Quantitative image and diffraction data analysis

TEM analysis of the water and acid treated LNMO faceted particles

Poster session MS 1: Energy-related materials and catalysts

Unraveling<em> </em>(de)lithiation dynamics inside graphene sheets at atomic scale

The session is focused on generating insights into the function of materials for energy storage, energy conversion and catalysis. Topics can be – but are not restricted to - charge transport, dynamics at interfaces (electrolyte/electrode or gas-phase/catalyst surface), cycling behavior and aging/deactivation. We are very interested in contributions that attempt to capture the relevant functional state of energy materials and catalysts, i.e., studies that reach beyond imaging of isolated systems in vacuum or investigations that employ an embedded multi-scale (in space and time) approach that allows to link between atomistic and collective dynamics. We also call for contributions regarding efficient detection of various generated signals, correlative application of analytical methods, as well as utilizing and developing quantitative data-analysis and machine learning. Studies on the impact of the electron beam for (in-situ) investigation of materials for energy-related or catalysis applications are also highly welcome.

Energy-related materials and catalysts I

IM 7: In situ/operando electron microscopy

poster session 1

Poster presentations

Johannes Biskupek

Speaker

Further involvements