Correlated Materials Characterization via Multimodal Chemical and Functional Imaging

Alex Belianinov, Anton V. Ievlev, Matthias Lorenz, Nikolay Borodinov, Benjamin Doughty, Sergei V. Kalinin, Facundo M. Fernández, Olga S. Ovchinnikova

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Abstract

Multimodal chemical imaging simultaneously offers high-resolution chemical and physical information with nanoscale and, in select cases, atomic resolution. By coupling modalities that collect physical and chemical information, we can address scientific problems in biological systems, battery and fuel cell research, catalysis, pharmaceuticals, photovoltaics, medicine, and many others. The combined systems enable the local correlation of material properties with chemical makeup, making fundamental questions of how chemistry and structure drive functionality approachable. In this Review, we present recent progress and offer a perspective for chemical imaging used to characterize a variety of samples by a number of platforms. Specifically, we present cases of infrared and Raman spectroscopies combined with scanning probe microscopy; optical microscopy and mass spectrometry; nonlinear optical microscopy; and, finally, ion, electron, and probe microscopies with mass spectrometry. We also discuss the challenges associated with the use of data originated by the combinatorial hardware, analysis, and machine learning as well as processing tools necessary for the interpretation of multidimensional data acquired from multimodal studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11798-11818
Number of pages21
JournalACS Nano
Volume12
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 26 2018

Funding

The research conducted by A.B., A.V.I., N.B., S.K., and O.S.O. was sponsored by the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The research for B.D. and M.L. was sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. B.D. acknowledges useful conversations with Tessa R. Calhoun.

Keywords

  • Raman spectroscopy
  • chemical imaging
  • data analytics
  • electron microscopy
  • infrared spectroscopy
  • ion microscopy
  • mass spectrometry
  • nonlinear optical microscopy
  • optical microscopy
  • scanning probe microscopy

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