Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Abstract
Significance
Atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has opened up a new era of molecular science by providing atomic video images of dynamic motions of single organic and inorganic molecules. However, the images often look different from the images of molecular models, because these models are designed to visualize the electronic properties of the molecule instead of nuclear electrostatic potentials that are felt by the e-beam in TEM imaging. Here, we propose a molecular model that reproduces TEM images using atomic radii correlated to atomic number (
Z
). The model serves to provide a priori a useful idea of how a single molecule, molecular assemblies, and thin crystals of organic or inorganic materials look in TEM.
Funder
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cited by
13 articles.
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