Fig. 1: Atom force microscope (AFM) maps of the precipitates in martensite matrix and schematic illustrations of the experiment procedure.

a Topography map for martensite matrix including nanoprecipitates. b, c. Tomography maps of precipitate #1 and #3 corresponding to marked by the cyan arrows in panel a respectively. d–f. Schematic illustrations of the scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM) experiment procedure. Scale bars in a 4 μm, in b, c 200 nm.