Is precession electron diffraction kinematical? Part I: "Phase-scrambling" multislice simulations

T. A. White, A. S. Eggeman*, P. A. Midgley

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    Abstract

    Results from multislice simulations are presented which demonstrate that diffracted intensities obtained using precession electron diffraction are less sensitive to the phases of structure factors compared to electron diffraction intensities recorded without precession. Since kinematical diffraction intensities depend only on the moduli of the structure factors, this result supports previous research indicating that the application of precession leads to electron diffraction intensities becoming more kinematical in nature.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)763-770
    Number of pages8
    JournalUltramicroscopy
    Volume110
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010

    Keywords

    • Direct methods
    • Multislice simulation
    • Precession electron diffraction

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