Uncovering the internal structure of five-fold twinned nanowires through 3D electron diffraction mapping |
(a) TEM bright field morphology of a B4C FTNW with diameter of 92 nm. (b) 3D intensity reconstruction about (112) and (113) reflections of the B4C FTNW shown in panel (a). In this 3D data set, the direction, Z, is parallel to the twinning axis of the B4C FTNW, and the direction, X, is parallel to the tilting axis for conducting the systematic tilting electron diffraction. According to the 3D reconstruction result shown in panel (b), the g(001) recirprocal vectors of the five single crystalline segments, T1∼ T5, are deduced and illustrated by black solid lines with arrows in panel (c). In panel (c), the red dots represent the ending points of g(001) vectors projected on X–Y, X–Z, and Y–Z reciprocal planes, respectively. (d) The projections of the five g(001) vectors on the X–Y reciprocal plane which is perpendicular to the twinning axis of the nanowire, i.e., Z direction. |