Domain structures of tetrahedrally close-packed phases with juxtaposed pentagonal antiprisms I. Structure description and HREM images of the C14 Laves and μphases

Applications of microdiffraction related to HREM

This paper deals with the coherent and the incoherent microdiffraction, as well as their applications, for example, determination of the nature of defects and boundaries, measurement of the strain field and identification of the symmetry, etc. The localized structure information obtained from microdiffraction has been compared with and complements that provided by HREM.

High-resolution electron microscopy and domain structures of pentagonal Frank-Kasper phases

The Laboratory of Atomic Imaging of Solids is dedicated to the direct imaging of materials in various fields of solid-state sciences at the atomic or molecular level. The main programs of this laboratory are briefly described, including quasicrystals, new phases and microdomains in Frank-Kasper phases, suboxides of metals, catalysts, minerals found in China, and molecular structure of organic substances. A recent systematic investigation of domain structures consisting of juxtaposed icosahedral columns is also presented.