T. Kizuka et al., TIME-RESOLVED HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY USING A PIEZO-DRIVING SPECIMEN HOLDER FOR ATOMIC-SCALE MECHANICAL INTERACTION, MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, 4(3), 1998, pp. 218-225
Time-resolved high-resolution transmission electron microscopy at a sp
atial resolution of 0.2 nm and a time resolution of 1/60 sec using a p
iezo-driving specimen holder is reported here. Various types of atomic
processes in mechanical interaction, such as contact, bonding, deform
ation, and fracture, in nanometer-sized gold crystallites and carbon n
anotubes are demonstrated.