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Focused ion beam preparation of atom probe specimens containing a single crystallographically well-defined grain boundary
Authors:Pérez-Willard Fabián  Wolde-Giorgis Daniel  Al-Kassab Talaát  López Gabriel A  Mittemeijer Eric J  Kirchheim Reiner  Gerthsen Dagmar
Institution:Laboratorium für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universit?t Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstr. 7, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. f.perez-willard@smt.zeiss.com
Abstract:Needle-shaped atom probe specimens containing a single grain boundary were produced using the focused ion beam (FIB) of a two-beam FIB/SEM (scanning electron microscope) system. The presented specimen preparation approach allows the unprecedented study of a grain boundary which is well characterised in its crystallographic orientation by means of the field ion microscope (FIM) and the tomographic atom probe (TAP). The analysis of such specimens allows in particular the determination of solute excess atoms at this specific grain boundary and hence the investigation of the segregation behaviour. The crucial preparation steps are discussed in detail in the present study for the Sigma 19 a {331} 110 grain boundary of a 40 at.ppm-Bi doped Cu bi-crystal. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images and TAP analyses of the atom probe tips demonstrate unambiguously the presence of the selectively prepared grain boundary in the apex region of some of the specimens.
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