ADT-3D uses a Precession Electron Diffraction (PED) acquired tilt series of 2D off-zone patterns from a nanocrystal and transforms them into a 3D diffraction volume. Automatic clustering and manual routines are then used to determine the unit cell parameters. The extracted intensities can then be used find a structural solution, using direct methods, producing a three-dimensional atomic structure of the crystal.

DigiSTAR–precession electron diffraction (PED) device enables the collection of quasi-kinematical intensities (X-Ray like) in any TEM. PED in combination with powerful software (3D difffraction tomography) enables the reconstruction of the reciprocal cell of any nanomaterial and the automatic measurement of the reflection intensities.

In this way you can use your TEM as a powerful tool to solve any nanocrystal structure with performance comparable to the most advanced Synchrotron beamlines.

•Selected area (SAED) or Nanobeam (NBD) mode

•Smallest crystals used: ~100nm organics & ~20nm inorganics

•Application for agglomerated / embedded samples Polyphasic materials

•Diffraction data collection with any CCD camera (35mm port or on axis)1k x 1k or higher

•Diffraction data collection with single tilt holder /tomography holder or cryoholder(for beam sensitive samples)

•Minimum tilt (for cell parameters determination) -15°/+ 15° 1°step. Recommended tilt (for crystal structure determination)-45°/+45° 1° step.

•DigiSTAR compatible with any TEM

•Manual / automatic PED data collection (TEM config. dependent)

•Software for 3D diffraction tomography (ADT 3D)

•Reconstruction of reciprocal space by collected PED patterns

•Automatic cell parameter determination (2-5% error)

•Space group determination

•Automatic measurement of 3D reflection intensities for ab-initio structure determination of any structure.

UPGRADE

•ASTAR orientation / phase mapping in TEM

•3D precession diffraction tomography – TOPSPIN(for automatic platforms)

•Enhanced EDX& EELS spectroscopy via beam precession

•Structure of intriguing meso-micrporous zeolites
•Architecture of hybrid nanocrystalline microporous materials
•From “clean energy” cars to structure of metal organics MOFs
•Inside the structure of dye-sensitized solar cells
•Towards alternative enery sources :structure of thermoelectric nanomaterials
•Inside the structure of phosphor converted LED
•Shed light to magma genesis and seismicity
•Charoite : the enigmatic structure of “unanaturally beautiful” gemstone
•Structure of new sarrabusite mineral
•Structure of embedded nanodomains