@article{c54384fcb2cd449185fcbc48a0d0164d,
title = "Approach for three-dimensional observation of mesoscopic precipitates in alloys by coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy",
abstract = "An approach for evaluating three-dimensional spatial distribution of precipitates buried within a bulk alloy by coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy (CXDM) is proposed. In this study, the outer shape and the internal structure of the micrometer-sized sample in a precipitation-hardened aluminum alloy are observed by CXDM. A high-electron-density region resulting from precipitates is clearly visualized, implying that the precipitates distribute inhomogeneously in the Al matrix at several tens of nanometer scale. This is the important result toward in situ observation of the formation of internal structures in metallic materials on the nanomesoscale by CXDM with x-ray free electron lasers.",
author = "Yukio Takahashi and Yoshinori Nishino and Tetsuya Ishikawa and Eiichiro Matsubara",
note = "Funding Information: This research has been carried out at the Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Osaka University, on the Program of Promotion of Environmental Improvement to Enhance Young Researcher's Independence, the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). One of the authors (Y.T.) is grateful for the support of the Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program of RIKEN. This work was supported partly by funds from a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Grant No. 18760499), Scientific Research (B) (Grant No. 18360304), the “Promotion of X-ray Free Electron Laser Research,” of MEXT.",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1063/1.2735548",
language = "English",
volume = "90",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "18",
}