EASY-STEM
EASY-STEM is a simple self-developed free MATLAB app with a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI can assist in the analysis of STEM images without the need for writing dedicated analysis code or software. The app includes:
- tips for acquiring high-quality STEM images
- denoising and drift-correction for enhancing measurement accuracy
- obtaining initial atomic positions
- indexing the atoms based on unit cell vectors
- quantifying the atom column positions with either 2D-Gaussian single peak fitting
- multi-peak fitting routines for slightly overlapping atomic columns
- quantification of lattice distortion/strain within the crystal structures or at the defects/interfaces where the lattice periodicity is disrupted
- some common methods to visualize and present the analysis
You can find EASY-STEM here: https://www.jove.com/fr/t/62164/picometer-precision-atomic-position-tracking-through-electron
The associated paper: Miao, L., Chmielewski, A., Mukherjee, D., & Alem, N. (2021). Picometer-Precision Atomic Position Tracking through Electron Microscopy. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (173), 10.3791/62164. https://doi.org/10.3791/62164
An easy interface:
Multi-gaussian fitting of atomic columns positions:
Polarization map example:
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AbStrain: Quantitative mapping of strain and displacement fields over HR-TEM and HR-STEM images of crystals with reference to a virtual lattice
A method for the reciprocal space treatment of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (HR-STEM) images has been developed. Named « Absolute strain » (AbStrain), it allows for quantification and mapping of interplanar distances and angles, displacement fields and strain tensor components with reference to a user-defined Bravais lattice and with their corrections from the image distortions specific to HR-TEM and HR-STEM imaging.
The associated paper: Cherkashin, N., Louiset, A., Chmielewski, A., Kim, D. J., Dubourdieu, C., & Schamm-Chardon, S. (2023). Quantitative mapping of strain and displacement fields over HR-TEM and HR-STEM images of crystals with reference to a virtual lattice. Ultramicroscopy, 253, 113778. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113778
This software was developed as a plugin for DigitalMicrograph, also known as Gatan Microscopy Suite. More info here.
A software based on the reciprocal lattice of the HRSTEM image:
Atomic columns can be isolated with multiple masks:
Polarization and vector map example:
And many more..