Wednesday, July 11, 2012

1207.2399 (Jean-Nicolas Longchamp et al.)

Low-energy electron transmission imaging of clusters on free-standing
graphene
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Jean-Nicolas Longchamp, Tatiana Latychevskaia, Conrad Escher, Hans-Werner Fink
We investigated the utility of free-standing graphene as a transparent sample carrier for imaging nanometer-sized objects by means of low-energy electron holography. The sample preparation for obtaining contamination-free graphene as well as the experimental setup and findings are discussed. For incoming electrons with 66 eV kinetic energy graphene exhibits 27% opacity per layer. Hence, electron holograms of nanometer-sized objects adsorbed on free-standing graphene can be recorded and numerically reconstructed to reveal the object's shapes and distribution. Furthermore, a Moire effect has been observed with free-standing graphene multi-layers.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.2399

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