12C/13C-ratio determination in nanodiamonds by atom-probe tomography

Josiah B. Lewis; Dieter Isheim; Christine Floss; David N. Seidman

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.021

¹²C/¹³C-ratio determination in nanodiamonds by atom-probe tomography

Josiah B. Lewis^*, Dieter Isheim, Christine Floss, David N. Seidman

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Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

The astrophysical origins of ~3nm-diameter meteoritic nanodiamonds can be inferred from the ratio of ¹²C/¹³C. It is essential to achieve high spatial and mass resolving power and minimize all sources of signal loss in order to obtain statistically significant measurements. We conducted atom-probe tomography on meteoritic nanodiamonds embedded between layers of Pt. We describe sample preparation, atom-probe tomography analysis, 3D reconstruction, and bias correction. We present new data from meteoritic nanodiamonds and terrestrial standards and discuss methods to correct isotopic measurements made with the atom-probe tomograph.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	248-254
Number of pages	7
Journal	Ultramicroscopy
Volume	159
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.021
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

Funding

The LEAP tomograph at NUCAPT was acquired and upgraded with equipment grants from the NSF-MRI program (DMR-0420532) and NRL-DURIP (N00014-0400798, N00014-0610539, N00014-0910781). This work made use of the EPIC facility (NUANCE Center-Northwestern University), which has received support from the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center; the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSF EEC–0647560) at the International Institute for Nanotechnology; and the State of Illinois, through the International Institute for Nanotechnology. This work is supported by NASA Grant NNX13AF53G (C.F.) .

Keywords

Atom-probe tomography
FIB liftout
Meteoritic nanodiamond
Nucleosynthesis
Presolar grains

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation

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