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@INPROCEEDINGS{Duchamp:827189,
author = {Duchamp, Martial and Vignères, Vincent and Dufourcq,
Gautier and Migunov, Vadim and Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal},
title = {{A}utomated in situ transmission electron microscopy
experiments},
address = {Weinheim, Germany},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH $\&$ Co. KGaA},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-01387},
pages = {638 - 639},
year = {2016},
comment = {European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings},
booktitle = {European Microscopy Congress 2016:
Proceedings},
abstract = {In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) involves the
application of a stimulus to a specimen in the TEM while
changes to the specimen are recorded using imaging,
diffraction or spectroscopic techniques. However, in most
previous in situ TEM studies the apparatus that was used to
apply a stimulus did not communicate with the software or
hardware that was used to control the TEM and collect
data.Important criteria for in situ TEM experiments include
minimisation of irradiation dose and avoidance of user bias,
resulting in the need to work quickly - and ideally in an
automated way. A direct interface between a setup used to
apply a stimulus and an interface used to control the TEM is
therefore crucial. We have implemented plug-ins for Digital
Microcrograph (DM), which can be used to communicate
directly with a GPIB bus compatible setup (Fig. 1 a) and
external Labview-based software that can then be used to
control the stimulus applied to the specimen (e.g.,
temperature regulation). Values of the applied stimulus and
signals measured from the specimen are recorded and added to
the tags and titles of TEM images.We have studied silicon
oxide-based resistive switching devices in situ in the TEM
using a movable W needle and recorded bright-field (BF) TEM
images with different voltages applied to the specimen (Figs
1 b-d). A DM script was used to apply a voltage ramp and to
measure the current flowing through the sample in an
automated way for each applied voltage. By using this
approach, we were able to follow the formation and
destruction of a conductive path across the SiOx layer and
to correlate it with a measured change in conductivity.A
second experiment involved in situ electrical biasing of a
solar cell and recording a map of electron beam induced
current (EBIC) inside the TEM. DM plug-ins were used to
record the current generated by the electron beam while
scanning the active layer of a μc-Si:H solar cell (Fig. 2
a). The same script was used to measure the current across
the sample as the electron beam was scanned across the
specimen and a voltage applied to the solar cell.
Simultaneously acquired scanning TEM and EBIC maps are shown
in Figs 2 (c-d).A further in situ TEM experiment performed
on a biased solar cell involved the acquisition of off-axis
electron holograms to determine changes in electrostatic
potential across the active layer. An external stimulus such
as an applied bias can be applied to such as specimen to
remove the unwanted mean inner potential contribution from
the results. For each applied voltage, a hologram was
acquired from the area of interest on the specimen, the
stage was moved to record a vacuum reference hologram and it
was then returned to the same sample area. This approach was
used to record a series of amplitude and phase images from
electron holograms of an electrically biased Si:H solar cell
(Fig. 2 e) and to extract phase profiles across the top ZnO
contact, the p-doped Si layer and the amorphous intrinsic
layer (top right of Fig. 2 e).We are grateful to Michael
Farle and AG Farle at the University of Duisburg-Essen for
technical help. We also acknowledge the European Union under
the Seventh Framework Programme under a contract for an
Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Reference 312483
ESTEEM2) and the European Research Council for an Advanced
Grant (Reference 320832 IMAGINE).},
month = {Aug},
date = {2016-08-28},
organization = {16th European Microscopy Congress,
Lyon (France), 28 Aug 2016 - 2 Sep
2016},
cin = {PGI-5 / ER-C-1},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-5-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)ER-C-1-20170209},
pnm = {143 - Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-143},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)8 / PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
doi = {10.1002/9783527808465.EMC2016.6434},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/827189},
}