Contact: John Jacobs jacobs@engr.wisc.edu 608-262-3787 Atom probe tomography is a materials characterization technique that (electro-statically and/or thermally) evaporates ions off a sample tip at a controlled rate and measures the mass to charge ratio (based on Time of Flight) and impact position (using a position sensitive detector) to reconstruct the sample in 3-D with atomic precision. The atomic positioning of the reconstructed sample is ~ 0.1-0.3 nm in depth, and ~0.3-0.5 nm laterally.
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