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ArticleScience advances2021

Sparse ab initio x-ray transmission spectrotomography for nanoscopic compositional analysis of functional materials.

Zirui Gao, Michal Odstrcil, Sebastian Böcklein, Dennis Palagin, Mirko Holler, Dario Ferreira Sanchez, Frank Krumeich, Andreas Menzel, Marco Stampanoni, Gerhard Mestl and 3 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Zirui GaoPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland. zirui.gao@psi.ch manuel.guizar-sicairos@psi.ch johannes.ihli@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2498-0122
Michal OdstrcilPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0588-295X
Sebastian BöckleinClariant AG, 83052 Bruckmühl, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-0051
Dennis PalaginPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-3471
Mirko HollerPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8141-0148
Dario Ferreira SanchezPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2825-2886
Frank KrumeichETH Zürich, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-1536
Andreas MenzelPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0489-609X
Marco StampanoniPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7486-6681
Gerhard MestlClariant AG, 83052 Bruckmühl, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-9102
Jeroen Anton van BokhovenPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-2284
Manuel Guizar-SicairosPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland. zirui.gao@psi.ch manuel.guizar-sicairos@psi.ch johannes.ihli@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8293-3634
Johannes IhliPaul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland. zirui.gao@psi.ch manuel.guizar-sicairos@psi.ch johannes.ihli@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9541-5748

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The performance of functional materials is either driven or limited by nanoscopic heterogeneities distributed throughout the material's volume. To better our understanding of these materials, we need characterization tools that allow us to determine the nature and distribution of these heterogeneities in their native geometry in 3D. Here, we introduce a method based on x-ray near-edge spectroscopy, ptychographic x-ray computed nanotomography, and sparsity techniques. The method allows the acquisition of quantitative multimodal tomograms of representative sample volumes at sub-30 nm half-period spatial resolution within practical acquisition times, which enables local structure refinements in complex geometries. To demonstrate the method's capabilities, we investigated the transformation of vanadium phosphorus oxide catalysts with industrial use. We observe changes from the micrometer to the atomic level and the formation of a location-specific defect so far only theorized. These results led to a reevaluation of these catalysts used in the production of plastics.

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