Researchers from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab used the Waviks' Vesta to reveal how nanomaterials transform from amorphous precursors. They presented their work at SPIE LASE 2021. Their results reveal a wealth of in situ information, including changes of composition and lattice constants during phase separation. These in situ TEM studies of laser-induced heating are a valuable discovery tool for the rapid exploration of synthesis pathways and functional properties of nanostructures.

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Chenze Liu, Yu-Chuan Lin, Yiling Yu, Yueying Wu, Alexander A. Puretzky, Mina Yoon, Gyula Eres, Christopher M. Rouleau, Philip Rack, Kai Xiao, Gerd Duscher, and David B. Geohegan "In situ characterization of the laser-induced synthesis and photonic properties of nanostructures in a TEM", Proc. SPIE 11675, Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials XVIII, 116750D (8 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578719

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