Everything about Electron backscatter diffraction
Scanning electron microscopy technique
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique used to study the crystallographic structure of materials. EBSD is carried out in a scanning electron microscope equipped with an EBSD detector comprising at least a phosphorescent screen, a compact lens and a low-light camera. In the microscope an incident beam of electrons hits a tilted sample. As backscattered electrons leave the sample, they interact with the atoms and are both elastically diffracted and lose energy, leaving the sample at various scattering angles before reaching the phosphor screen forming Kikuchi patterns (EBSPs). The EBSD spatial resolution depends on many factors, including the nature of the material under study and the sample preparation. They can be indexed to provide information about the material's grain structure, grain orientation, and phase at the micro-scale. EBSD is used for impurities and defect studies, plastic deformation, and statistical analysis for average misorientation, grain size, and crystallographic texture. EBSD can also be combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), cathodoluminescence (CL), and wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS) for advanced phase identification and materials discovery. Wikipedia →
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Bragg's Law diffraction simulations for electron backscatter diffraction analysis
Automatic analysis of electron backscatter diffraction patterns
A Dictionary Approach to Electron Backscatter Diffraction Indexing
Electron backscatter diffraction and cracking
Electron backscatter diffraction and orientation imaging microscopy
Energy-filtered electron backscatter diffraction
Quantifying recrystallization by electron backscatter diffraction
Direct Detection of Electron Backscatter Diffraction Patterns
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Characterization of the radial microstructural evolution in LWR UO2 using electron backscatter diffraction
Optimizing broad ion beam polishing of zircaloy-4 for electron backscatter diffraction analysis
Tribologically induced crystal rotation kinematics revealed by electron backscatter diffraction
Adaptable physics-based super-resolution for electron backscatter diffraction maps
Line-rotated remapping for high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction
📚 Books worth reading
Electron backscatter diffraction in materials scienceAdam J. Schwartz · 2000
Conservation Science for the Cultural HeritageEvangelia A. Varella · 2012
New Procedures in Nondestructive TestingP. Höller · 1983
Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials ScienceAdam J. Schwartz · 2009
Electron backscatter diffraction in materials science · 2000
Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials ScienceAdam J. Schwartz · 2000- 📕Electron Backscatter Diffraction in the Earth SciencesElisabetta Mariani, Wheeler, John · 2024
An electron backscatter diffraction analysis of the microstructure of pure aluminum processed by equal-channel angular pressingShannon Derek Terhune · 1998
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