@article{16b0543142d5409382b06123a2cff922,
title = "The use of 3-D atom-probe tomography to study nickel-based superalloys",
abstract = "Recent technological advances in the design and fabrication of atom-probe tomographs and their commercialization are revolutionizing our ability to determine, on a sub-nanometer scale (atomic scale), the chemical identities of atoms in a nanostructure and to reconstruct this information in three dimensions. Thus, it is now possible to obtain data sets containing several hundred million atoms in a few hours, using either electrical or laser(femtosecond or picosecond) pulsing, and to reconstruct crystalline lattices using sophisticated software programs. Detailed quantitative results of the application of atom-probe tomography to study the kinetic pathways for precipitation in model nickel-based superalloys, Ni-Al-Cr and Ni-Al-Cr-Re, are presented as illustrative examples.",
author = "Seidman, {David N.} and Sudbrack, {Chantal K.} and Yoon, {Kevin E.}",
note = "Funding Information: Atom-probe tomographic measure ments were performed at the Northwestern University Center for Atom Probe Tomography. The LEAP{\texttrademark} tomograph was purchased with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Program (DMR 0420532) and the Office of Naval Research-Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (ONR-DURIP) (N00014-0400798), Julie Christodoulou, grant officer. Additionally, the LEAP{\texttrademark}tomograph was recently enhanced with a picosecond laser with funding from ONR-DURIP (N0014-06-1-0539), Julie Christodoulou, grant officer. The research on model nickel-based superalloys was supported by the NSF, Division of Materials Research, under contract DMR-0241928. C. Sudbrack and K. Yoon received partial support from NSF and NASA graduate research fellowships, respectively. Dieter Isheim is kindly thanked for help with atom-probe tomography and discussions.",
year = "2006",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1007/BF02748493",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "58",
pages = "34--39",
journal = "JOM",
issn = "1047-4838",
publisher = "Minerals, Metals and Materials Society",
number = "12",
}