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nanodiffraction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌnænoʊdɪˈfrækʃən/

Etymology

From nano- + diffraction.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:materials science) A diffraction technique that utilizes focused beams of electrons or X-rays to investigate the structural properties of materials at the nanometer scale, enabling analysis of individual nanostructures, defects, and microstructures.
   • Following Crewe, Cowley extended STEM to nanodiffraction and bright-field and dark-field imaging of small crystalline particles with random orientations, whose image resolution was limited to about 1 nm. 2024, Nobuo Tanaka, Electron Nano-imaging: Basics of Imaging and Diffraction for TEM and STEM, Springer Nature, page 183:
   • The methods of investigation, unique to our specially adapted instrument, include special imaging modes, electron energy loss spectroscopy and nanodiffraction (electron diffraction from regions having diameters of about one nanometer). 1983 September 15, Energy Research Abstracts, volume 8, number 17, United States Department of Energy, pages 19-6169:
   • Electron nanodiffraction refers to a set of electron diffraction techniques that enable structural analysis at nanoscale. 2019, Zuo, J. M., Electron Nanodiffraction, University of Illinois:

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