Electrons have been used to map the structural properties of materials since the discovery of the particle-wave duality, while recent advances in ultrafast electron sources enabled time-resolved electron scattering techniques to probe atomic-scale structural dynamics with femtosecond temporal accuracy. The authors demonstrate ultrafast nano-diffraction with relativistic beams as well as scanning transmission electron microscopy enabling them to probe the micro-texture in complex heterogeneous materials.
- F. Ji
- D. B. Durham
- D. Filippetto