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Atom Probe Tomography at The University of Sydney

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Frontiers in Materials Research

Part of the book series: Advances in Materials Research ((ADVSMATERIALS,volume 10))

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The Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) operates a national atom probe laboratory at The University of Sydney. This paper provides a brief review and update of the technique of atom probe tomography (APT), together with a summary of recent research applications at Sydney in the science and technology of materials. We describe recent instrumentation advances such as the use of laser pulsing to effect time-controlled field evaporation, the introduction of wide field of view detectors, where the solid angle for observation is increased by up to a factor of ~20 as well as innovations in specimen preparation. We conclude that these developments have opened APT to a range of new materials that were previously either difficult or impossible to study using this technique because of their poor conductivity or brittleness.

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  1. Australian Key Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    B. Gault, M. P. Moody, D. W. Saxey, J. M. Cairney, Z. Liu, R. Zheng, R. K. W. Marceau, P. V. Liddicoat, L. T. Stephenson & S. P. Ringer

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Gault, B. et al. (2008). Atom Probe Tomography at The University of Sydney. In: Fujikawa, Y., Nakajima, K., Sakurai, T. (eds) Frontiers in Materials Research. Advances in Materials Research, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77968-1_15

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