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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Advances in Focused Ion Beam Tomography for Three-Dimensional Characterization in Materials Science.

Francesco Mura, Flavio Cognigni, Matteo Ferroni, Vittorio Morandi, Marco Rossi

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco MuraDepartment of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via Antonio Scarpa 14, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8490-9438
Flavio CognigniDepartment of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via Antonio Scarpa 14, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4385-376X
Matteo FerroniNational Research Council of Italy, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Section of Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4231-9162
Vittorio MorandiNational Research Council of Italy, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Section of Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8533-1540
Marco RossiDepartment of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via Antonio Scarpa 14, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7603-1805
Sapienza University of Rome · ITNational Research Council · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the years, FIB-SEM tomography has become an extremely important technique for the three-dimensional reconstruction of microscopic structures with nanometric resolution. This paper describes in detail the steps required to perform this analysis, from the experimental setup to the data analysis and final reconstruction. To demonstrate the versatility of the technique, a comprehensive list of applications is also summarized, ranging from batteries to shale rocks and even some types of soft materials. Moreover, the continuous technological development, such as the introduction of the latest models of plasma and cryo-FIB, can open the way towards the analysis with this technique of a large class of soft materials, while the introduction of new machine learning and deep learning systems will not only improve the resolution and the quality of the final data, but also expand the degree of automation and efficiency in the dataset handling. These future developments, combined with a technique that is already reliable and widely used in various fields of research, are certain to become a routine tool in electron microscopy and material characterization.

Indexed as

3D reconstructionFIB-SEM tomographyporous material systemssegmentation

Identifiers

PMID37687502
PMCPMC10488958
OpenAlexW4386134356

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