Uncovering the internal structure of five-fold twinned nanowires through 3D electron diffraction mapping
Fu Xin1, 2, 3, 4, †
       

(a) TEM bright field morphology of a Ag FTNW with diameter of 55 nm. (b) The reconstructed 3D intensity distribution of (331) and (331¯) reflections from the Ag FTNW with diameter of 55 nm as shown in panel (a). (c) The g(002) reciprocal vectors of five single crystalline segments (T1∼ T5) illustrated by black solid lines with arrows and their relative orientation relationship deducted from (b). In panel (c), the red dots represent the ending points of g(002) vectors projected on XY, XZ, and YZ reciprocal planes, respectively. (d) The projections of the five g(002) vectors on the XY reciprocal plane which is perpendicular to the nanowire twinning axis, i.e., Z direction.