Advances in atomic resolution in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy and 1A aberration corrected in situ electron microscopy.

Advances in atomic resolution in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy for direct probing of gas-solid reactions, including at very high temperatures (approximately 2000 degrees C) are described. In addition, recent developments of dynamic real time in situ studies at the Angstrom level using a hot stage in an aberration corrected environment are presented. In situ data from Pt/Pd nanoparticles on carbon with the corresponding FFT/optical diffractogram illustrate an achieved resolution of 0.11 nm at 500 degrees C and higher in a double aberration corrected TEM/STEM instrument employing a wider gap objective pole piece. The new results open up opportunities for dynamic studies of materials in an aberration corrected environment. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.