DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013. Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions

Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions

10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013

Crossref journal-article

Elsevier BV

Ultramicroscopy (78)

Bibliography

Yang, H., Pennycook, T. J., & Nellist, P. D. (2015). Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions. Ultramicroscopy, 151, 232â239.

Authors 3

Hao Yang (first)
Timothy J. Pennycook (additional)
Peter D. Nellist (additional)

References 22 Referenced 155

T.J. Pennycook, A.R. Lupini, H. Yang, M.F. Murfitt, L. Jones, P.D. Nellist, Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part 1: Experimental demonstration at atomic resolution, Ultramicroscopy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.09.013, in press. (10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.09.013)
10.1016/0304-3991(93)90105-7 / Ultramicroscopy / Experimental tests on double-resolution coherent imaging via STEM by Rodenburg (1993)
10.1126/science.1158573 / Science / High-resolution scanning x-ray diffraction microscopy by Thibault (2008)
10.1038/ncomms1733 / Nat. Commun. / Ptychographic electron microscopy using high-angle dark-field scattering for sub-nanometre resolution imaging by Humphry (2012)
10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.05.012 / Ultramicroscopy / An improved ptychographical phase retrieval algorithm for diffractive imaging by Maiden (2009)
{'key': '10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib6', 'first-page': '452', 'article-title': 'Differential phase contrast in a STEM', 'volume': '41', 'author': 'Dekkers', 'year': '1974', 'journal-title': 'Optik'} / Optik / Differential phase contrast in a STEM by Dekkers (1974)
10.1016/S0304-3991(76)91538-2 / Ultramicroscopy / Nonstandard imaging methods in electron microscopy by Rose (1977)
10.1016/S0304-3991(78)80027-8 / Ultramicroscopy / The direct determination of magnetic domain wall profiles by differential phase contrast electron microscopy by Chapman (1978)
10.1038/nphys2337 / Nat. Phys. / Differential phase-contrast microscopy at atomic resolution by Shibata (2012)
{'key': '10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib10', 'first-page': '416', 'article-title': 'Phase-contrast in Scanning-Transmission Electron-Microscopy', 'volume': '39', 'author': 'Rose', 'year': '1974', 'journal-title': 'Optik.'} / Optik. / Phase-contrast in Scanning-Transmission Electron-Microscopy by Rose (1974)
10.1038/nmat2957 / Nat. Mater. / Direct imaging of hydrogen-atom columns in a crystal by annular bright-field electron microscopy by Ishikawa (2011)
10.1017/S003358350000305X / Q. Rev. Biophys. / The potential and limitations of neutrons, electrons and X-rays for atomic-resolution microscopy of unstained biological molecules by Henderson (1995)
10.1016/S1076-5670(00)80013-0 / Adv. Imaging Electron Phys. / The principles and interpretation of annular dark-field Z-contrast imaging by Nellist (2000)
10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.04.004 / Ultramicroscopy / Dynamics of annular bright field imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy by Findlay (2010)
10.1063/1.1698233 / J. Appl. Phys. / The theoretical resolution limit of the electron microscope by Scherzer (1949)
10.1109/20.104427 / IEEE Trans. Magn. / Modified differential phase contrast Lorentz microscopy for improved imaging of magnetic structures by Chapman (1990)
10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.03.020 / Ultramicroscopy / Differential phase contrast 2.0 – opening new “fields” for an established technique by Lohr (2012)
10.1088/0022-3727/17/4/003 / J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. / The investigation of magnetic domain structures in thin foils by electron microscopy by Chapman (1984)
{'year': '1992', 'series-title': 'Electron Diffraction Techniques Vol.1', 'key': '10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib19'} / Electron Diffraction Techniques Vol.1 (1992)
10.1107/S0567739468000756 / Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A / Relativistic Hartree–Fock X-ray and electron scattering factors by Doyle (1968)
10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.014 / Ultramicroscopy / Efficient elastic imaging of single atoms on ultrathin supports in a scanning transmission electron microscope by Hovden (2012)
{'key': '10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib22', 'first-page': '53', 'article-title': 'Complex image reconstruction of weak specimens from a three-sector detector in the STEM', 'volume': '101', 'author': 'McCallum', 'year': '1995', 'journal-title': 'Optik.'} / Optik. / Complex image reconstruction of weak specimens from a three-sector detector in the STEM by McCallum (1995)

Dates

Type	When
Created	10 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 5, 2014, 3:10 a.m.)
Deposited	6 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 27, 2018, 4:54 p.m.)
Indexed	4 days, 16 hours ago (Aug. 29, 2025, 6:17 a.m.)
Issued	10 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 2015)
Published	10 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 2015)
Published Print	10 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 2015)

Funders 2

EPSRC 10.13039/501100000266 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Region: Europe
gov (National government)
Labels4
1. UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
2. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - UKRI
3. Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
4. EPSRC
Awards1
1. EP/K032518/1
European Union Seventh Framework Programme 10.13039/100011102 Seventh Framework Programme
Region: Europe
gov (National government)
Labels13
1. EC Seventh Framework Programm
2. European Commission Seventh Framework Programme
3. EU Seventh Framework Programme
4. European Union Seventh Framework Programme
5. EU 7th Framework Programme
6. European Union 7th Framework Programme
7. Siebten Rahmenprogramm
8. Séptimo Programa Marco
9. Septième programme-cadre
10. Settimo programma quadro
11. 7th Framework Programme
12. Seventh EU Framework Programme
13. FP7
Awards1
1. 312483-ESTEEM2

BibTeX

@article{Yang_2015, title={Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions}, volume={151}, ISSN={0304-3991}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013}, DOI={10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013}, journal={Ultramicroscopy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Yang, Hao and Pennycook, Timothy J. and Nellist, Peter D.}, year={2015}, month=apr, pages={232–239} }

JSON

{
  "indexed": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2025,
        8,
        29
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2025-08-29T10:17:51Z",
    "timestamp": 1756462671949,
    "version": "3.37.3"
  },
  "reference-count": 22,
  "publisher": "Elsevier BV",
  "license": [
    {
      "start": {
        "date-parts": [
          [
            2015,
            4,
            1
          ]
        ],
        "date-time": "2015-04-01T00:00:00Z",
        "timestamp": 1427846400000
      },
      "content-version": "tdm",
      "delay-in-days": 0,
      "URL": "https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/"
    }
  ],
  "funder": [
    {
      "DOI": "10.13039/501100000266",
      "name": "EPSRC",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "award": [
        "EP/K032518/1"
      ],
      "id": [
        {
          "id": "10.13039/501100000266",
          "id-type": "DOI",
          "asserted-by": "publisher"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "DOI": "10.13039/100011102",
      "name": "European Union Seventh Framework Programme",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "award": [
        "312483-ESTEEM2"
      ],
      "id": [
        {
          "id": "10.13039/100011102",
          "id-type": "DOI",
          "asserted-by": "crossref"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "content-domain": {
    "domain": [
      "elsevier.com",
      "sciencedirect.com"
    ],
    "crossmark-restriction": true
  },
  "published-print": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2015,
        4
      ]
    ]
  },
  "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013",
  "type": "journal-article",
  "created": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2014,
        11,
        5
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2014-11-05T08:10:24Z",
    "timestamp": 1415175024000
  },
  "page": "232-239",
  "update-policy": "https://doi.org/10.1016/elsevier_cm_policy",
  "source": "Crossref",
  "is-referenced-by-count": 155,
  "special_numbering": "C",
  "title": "Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions",
  "prefix": "10.1016",
  "volume": "151",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "Hao",
      "family": "Yang",
      "sequence": "first",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Timothy J.",
      "family": "Pennycook",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Peter D.",
      "family": "Nellist",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    }
  ],
  "member": "78",
  "reference": [
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib1",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "unstructured": "T.J. Pennycook, A.R. Lupini, H. Yang, M.F. Murfitt, L. Jones, P.D. Nellist, Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part 1: Experimental demonstration at atomic resolution, Ultramicroscopy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.09.013, in press.",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.09.013"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "304",
      "DOI": "10.1016/0304-3991(93)90105-7",
      "article-title": "Experimental tests on double-resolution coherent imaging via STEM",
      "volume": "48",
      "author": "Rodenburg",
      "year": "1993",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib3",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "379",
      "DOI": "10.1126/science.1158573",
      "article-title": "High-resolution scanning x-ray diffraction microscopy",
      "volume": "321",
      "author": "Thibault",
      "year": "2008",
      "journal-title": "Science"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib4",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "730",
      "DOI": "10.1038/ncomms1733",
      "article-title": "Ptychographic electron microscopy using high-angle dark-field scattering for sub-nanometre resolution imaging",
      "volume": "3",
      "author": "Humphry",
      "year": "2012",
      "journal-title": "Nat. Commun."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib5",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "1256",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.05.012",
      "article-title": "An improved ptychographical phase retrieval algorithm for diffractive imaging",
      "volume": "109",
      "author": "Maiden",
      "year": "2009",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib6",
      "first-page": "452",
      "article-title": "Differential phase contrast in a STEM",
      "volume": "41",
      "author": "Dekkers",
      "year": "1974",
      "journal-title": "Optik"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib7",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "251",
      "DOI": "10.1016/S0304-3991(76)91538-2",
      "article-title": "Nonstandard imaging methods in electron microscopy",
      "volume": "2",
      "author": "Rose",
      "year": "1977",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib8",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "203",
      "DOI": "10.1016/S0304-3991(78)80027-8",
      "article-title": "The direct determination of magnetic domain wall profiles by differential phase contrast electron microscopy",
      "volume": "3",
      "author": "Chapman",
      "year": "1978",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib9",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "611",
      "DOI": "10.1038/nphys2337",
      "article-title": "Differential phase-contrast microscopy at atomic resolution",
      "volume": "8",
      "author": "Shibata",
      "year": "2012",
      "journal-title": "Nat. Phys."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib10",
      "first-page": "416",
      "article-title": "Phase-contrast in Scanning-Transmission Electron-Microscopy",
      "volume": "39",
      "author": "Rose",
      "year": "1974",
      "journal-title": "Optik."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib11",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "278",
      "DOI": "10.1038/nmat2957",
      "article-title": "Direct imaging of hydrogen-atom columns in a crystal by annular bright-field electron microscopy",
      "volume": "10",
      "author": "Ishikawa",
      "year": "2011",
      "journal-title": "Nat. Mater."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib12",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "171",
      "DOI": "10.1017/S003358350000305X",
      "article-title": "The potential and limitations of neutrons, electrons and X-rays for atomic-resolution microscopy of unstained biological molecules",
      "volume": "28",
      "author": "Henderson",
      "year": "1995",
      "journal-title": "Q. Rev. Biophys."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib13",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "147",
      "DOI": "10.1016/S1076-5670(00)80013-0",
      "article-title": "The principles and interpretation of annular dark-field Z-contrast imaging",
      "volume": "113",
      "author": "Nellist",
      "year": "2000",
      "journal-title": "Adv. Imaging Electron Phys."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib14",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "903",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.04.004",
      "article-title": "Dynamics of annular bright field imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy",
      "volume": "110",
      "author": "Findlay",
      "year": "2010",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib15",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "20",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1698233",
      "article-title": "The theoretical resolution limit of the electron microscope",
      "volume": "20",
      "author": "Scherzer",
      "year": "1949",
      "journal-title": "J. Appl. Phys."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib16",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "1506",
      "DOI": "10.1109/20.104427",
      "article-title": "Modified differential phase contrast Lorentz microscopy for improved imaging of magnetic structures",
      "volume": "26",
      "author": "Chapman",
      "year": "1990",
      "journal-title": "IEEE Trans. Magn."
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib17",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "7",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.03.020",
      "article-title": "Differential phase contrast 2.0 \u2013 opening new \u201cfields\u201d for an established technique",
      "volume": "117",
      "author": "Lohr",
      "year": "2012",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib18",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "623",
      "DOI": "10.1088/0022-3727/17/4/003",
      "article-title": "The investigation of magnetic domain structures in thin foils by electron microscopy",
      "volume": "17",
      "author": "Chapman",
      "year": "1984",
      "journal-title": "J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys."
    },
    {
      "year": "1992",
      "series-title": "Electron Diffraction Techniques Vol.1",
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib19"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib20",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "390",
      "DOI": "10.1107/S0567739468000756",
      "article-title": "Relativistic Hartree\u2013Fock X-ray and electron scattering factors",
      "volume": "24",
      "author": "Doyle",
      "year": "1968",
      "journal-title": "Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib21",
      "doi-asserted-by": "crossref",
      "first-page": "59",
      "DOI": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.014",
      "article-title": "Efficient elastic imaging of single atoms on ultrathin supports in a scanning transmission electron microscope",
      "volume": "123",
      "author": "Hovden",
      "year": "2012",
      "journal-title": "Ultramicroscopy"
    },
    {
      "key": "10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013_bib22",
      "first-page": "53",
      "article-title": "Complex image reconstruction of weak specimens from a three-sector detector in the STEM",
      "volume": "101",
      "author": "McCallum",
      "year": "1995",
      "journal-title": "Optik."
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Ultramicroscopy",
  "original-title": [],
  "language": "en",
  "link": [
    {
      "URL": "https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0304399114002058?httpAccept=text/xml",
      "content-type": "text/xml",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "text-mining"
    },
    {
      "URL": "https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0304399114002058?httpAccept=text/plain",
      "content-type": "text/plain",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "text-mining"
    }
  ],
  "deposited": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2018,
        9,
        27
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2018-09-27T20:54:51Z",
    "timestamp": 1538081691000
  },
  "score": 1,
  "resource": {
    "primary": {
      "URL": "https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304399114002058"
    }
  },
  "subtitle": [],
  "short-title": [],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2015,
        4
      ]
    ]
  },
  "references-count": 22,
  "alternative-id": [
    "S0304399114002058"
  ],
  "URL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013",
  "relation": {},
  "ISSN": [
    "0304-3991"
  ],
  "subject": [],
  "container-title-short": "Ultramicroscopy",
  "published": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2015,
        4
      ]
    ]
  },
  "assertion": [
    {
      "value": "Elsevier",
      "name": "publisher",
      "label": "This article is maintained by"
    },
    {
      "value": "Efficient phase contrast imaging in STEM using a pixelated detector. Part II: Optimisation of imaging conditions",
      "name": "articletitle",
      "label": "Article Title"
    },
    {
      "value": "Ultramicroscopy",
      "name": "journaltitle",
      "label": "Journal Title"
    },
    {
      "value": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.10.013",
      "name": "articlelink",
      "label": "CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"
    },
    {
      "value": "article",
      "name": "content_type",
      "label": "Content Type"
    },
    {
      "value": "Copyright \u00a9 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
      "name": "copyright",
      "label": "Copyright"
    }
  ]
}