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SL Dudarev

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Understanding STM images and EELS spectra of oxides with strongly correlated electrons: a comparison of nickel and uranium oxides

Using a theoretical approach combining the local spin density approximation (LSDA) of density functional theory and the Hubbard U term (LSDA + U), we analyse the connection between the experimentally observed electron energy loss spectra and elevated temperature scanning tunnelling images of surfaces of semiconducting nickel monoxide NiO and uranium dioxide UO2. We show that a combination of electron energy loss spectroscopy, atomic-resolution tunnelling imaging and first-principles ab initio calculations provides a powerful tool for studying electronic and structural properties of surfaces of transition metal and actinide oxides.

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Decoherence in electron backscattering by kinked dislocations.

A model is proposed that explains the origin of the bright contrast of dislocation walls consisting of edge dislocation dipoles in electron channelling contrast images (ECCI) of fatigued crystals, when the incident beam is parallel to the edge dislocations. The model is based on the assumption that the contrast arises from the dislocation segments terminating the dipoles. These are modelled as screw-type kinks which scatter electrons. Scattering by randomly distributed kinks leads to the randomization of phase of transmitted and diffracted beams and suppresses the anomalous transmission of electrons. The predicted behaviour of electron-channeling contrast images agrees well with experimental observations.With apologies for using two beams instead of three!

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