Archive of Research Highlights

Contains Highlights sent to DOE Basic Energy Sciences, Washington DC, with origional text for historical interest.

Nanocatalysis of CO₂ Fixation

L. G. Wang et al., Physical Review Letters 89, 075506 (2002).

First Results from Aberration Corrected Z-Contrast Imaging

Non-Stoichiometry and The Electrical Activity of Grain Boundaries in SrTiO₃

M. Kim et al., Physical Review Letters 86, 4056 (2001).

Chemical Ordering in Al₇₂Ni₂₀Co₈ Decagonal Quasicrystals

Y. Yan and S. J. Pennycook, Nature 403, 266 (2000), Physical Review Letters 86, 1542 (2001).

Excitonic Effects In Spectra of Semiconductors

R. Buczko et al., Physical Review Letters 85, 2168 (2000).

Cathodoluminescent Properties At Nanometer Resolution Through Z-Contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

H-J. Gao et al., Applied Physics Letters 77, 594 (2000).

Reversible, Nanometer-Scale Conductance Transitions In An Organic Complex

H. J. Gao et al., Physical Review Letters 84, 1780 (2000).

Impurity-Induced Structural Transformation of a Grain Boundary

Y. Yan et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3675 (1998).

Sub-Angstrom Resolution Achieved by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Nellist PD et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4156 (1998).

Atomic Configurations and energetics of Arsenic Impurities in a Silicon Grain Boundary

MF Chishom et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 132 (1998).

Direct Imaging of Metal Atoms and Clusters on Real Supports

Nellist PD et al, Science 274, 413 (1996).

Direct Determination of Grain Boundary Atomic Structure In SrTiO₃

McGibbon MM et al., Science 266, 102 (1994).

Atomic Resolution Chemical Analysis

Browning et al, Nature 366, 143 (1993).

Critical Currents and Grain Boundary Dislocations In YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Superconductors

MF Chisholm et al., Nature 351, 47 (1991).

Chemically Sensitive Atomic Resolution Imaging of Semiconductor Interfaces

SJ Pennycook (1989).

Atomic-resolution Z-contrast Imaging of Crystals

SJ Pennycook, Nature 336, 565 (1989).