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Register a new userDetermination of incommensurate modulated structure in Bi2Sr1.6La0.4CuO6+{delta} by aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy
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Incommensurate modulated structure (IMS) in Bi2Sr1.6La0.4CuO6+{delta} (BSLCO) has been studied by aberration corrected transmission electron microscopy in combination with high-dimensional (HD) space description. Two images in the negative Cs imaging (NCSI) and passive Cs imaging (PCSI) modes were deconvoluted, respectively. Similar results as to IMS have been obtained from two corresponding projected potential maps (PPMs), but meanwhile the size of dots representing atoms in the NCSI PPM is found to be smaller than that in PCSI one. Considering that size is one of influencing factors of precision, modulation functions for all unoverlapped atoms in BSLCO were determined based on the PPM obtained from the NCSI image in combination with HD space description.
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