Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy

Understanding lattice deformations is crucial in determining the properties of nanomaterials, which can become more prominent in future applications ranging from energy harvesting to electronic devices. However, it remains challenging to reveal unexpected deformations that crucially affect material...

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Main Authors: Shi, Chuqiao, Cao, Michael C., Rehn, Sarah M., Bae, Sang-Hoon, Kim, Jeehwan, Jones, Matthew R., Muller, David A., Han, Yimo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153596
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author Shi, Chuqiao
Cao, Michael C.
Rehn, Sarah M.
Bae, Sang-Hoon
Kim, Jeehwan
Jones, Matthew R.
Muller, David A.
Han, Yimo
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Shi, Chuqiao
Cao, Michael C.
Rehn, Sarah M.
Bae, Sang-Hoon
Kim, Jeehwan
Jones, Matthew R.
Muller, David A.
Han, Yimo
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description Understanding lattice deformations is crucial in determining the properties of nanomaterials, which can become more prominent in future applications ranging from energy harvesting to electronic devices. However, it remains challenging to reveal unexpected deformations that crucially affect material properties across a large sample area. Here, we demonstrate a rapid and semi-automated unsupervised machine learning approach to uncover lattice deformations in materials. Our method utilizes divisive hierarchical clustering to automatically unveil multi-scale deformations in the entire sample flake from the diffraction data using four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM). Our approach overcomes the current barriers of large 4D data analysis without a priori knowledge of the sample. Using this purely data-driven analysis, we have uncovered different types of material deformations, such as strain, lattice distortion, bending contour, etc., which can significantly impact the band structure and subsequent performance of nanomaterials-based devices. We envision that this data-driven procedure will provide insight into materials’ intrinsic structures and accelerate the discovery of materials.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1535962024-09-20T19:25:00Z Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy Shi, Chuqiao Cao, Michael C. Rehn, Sarah M. Bae, Sang-Hoon Kim, Jeehwan Jones, Matthew R. Muller, David A. Han, Yimo Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Applications Mechanics of Materials General Materials Science Modeling and Simulation Understanding lattice deformations is crucial in determining the properties of nanomaterials, which can become more prominent in future applications ranging from energy harvesting to electronic devices. However, it remains challenging to reveal unexpected deformations that crucially affect material properties across a large sample area. Here, we demonstrate a rapid and semi-automated unsupervised machine learning approach to uncover lattice deformations in materials. Our method utilizes divisive hierarchical clustering to automatically unveil multi-scale deformations in the entire sample flake from the diffraction data using four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM). Our approach overcomes the current barriers of large 4D data analysis without a priori knowledge of the sample. Using this purely data-driven analysis, we have uncovered different types of material deformations, such as strain, lattice distortion, bending contour, etc., which can significantly impact the band structure and subsequent performance of nanomaterials-based devices. We envision that this data-driven procedure will provide insight into materials’ intrinsic structures and accelerate the discovery of materials. 2024-02-27T21:08:21Z 2024-02-27T21:08:21Z 2022-05-18 2024-02-27T20:47:51Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2057-3960 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153596 Shi, C., Cao, M.C., Rehn, S.M. et al. Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy. npj Comput Mater 8, 114 (2022). en 10.1038/s41524-022-00793-9 npj Computational Materials Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer Nature
spellingShingle Computer Science Applications
Mechanics of Materials
General Materials Science
Modeling and Simulation
Shi, Chuqiao
Cao, Michael C.
Rehn, Sarah M.
Bae, Sang-Hoon
Kim, Jeehwan
Jones, Matthew R.
Muller, David A.
Han, Yimo
Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title_full Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title_fullStr Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title_short Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
title_sort uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
topic Computer Science Applications
Mechanics of Materials
General Materials Science
Modeling and Simulation
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153596
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