Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40355571›Full record

ArticleNature materials2025

Visualizing subatomic orbital and spin moments using a scanning transmission electron microscope.

Hasan Ali, Jan Rusz, Daniel E Bürgler, Joseph V Vas, Lei Jin, Roman Adam, Claus M Schneider, Rafal E Dunin-Borkowski

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
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

8 authors.

Hasan AliDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. ali.hasan@angstrom.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8262-5893
Jan RuszDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-1349
Daniel E BürglerPeter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-4886
Joseph V VasErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3796-9466
Lei JinErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Roman AdamPeter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Claus M SchneiderPeter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-6255
Rafal E Dunin-BorkowskiErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-0647

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) ER-C D-076Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) 2022.0079Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2021-03848Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2021 06748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetism originates from the spin and orbital angular momenta of electrons and their coupling. These interactions occur at subatomic scales and a comprehensive understanding of such phenomena relies on characterization techniques capable of probing the spin and orbital moments at atomic resolution. Although electron energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism has previously enabled the detection of magnetic moments at atomic scales, it was limited to a chromatic-aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope. Although possible, the detection of atomic-scale electron energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism in a scanning transmission electron microscope remains elusive due to challenges associated with convergent beam setups. Here we demonstrate the detection of atomic-scale electron energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism signals in a probe-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. We not only determine the orbital-to-spin moments ratio for individual atomic planes of an iron crystal but also reveal its local variations at subatomic scales. These findings open the possibility of resolving magnetism down to the orbital level in future studies.

Identifiers

PMID40355571
PMCPMC12310538

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.