title: Prospects for atomic resolution in-line holography for a 3D determination of atomic structures from single projections.
abstract: It is now established that the 3D structure of homogeneous nanocrystals can be recovered from in-line hologram of single projections. The method builds on a quantitative contrast interpretation of electron exit wave functions. Since simulated exit wave functions of single and bilayers of graphene reveal the atomic structure of carbon-based materials with sufficient resolution, we explore theoretically how the approach can be expanded beyond periodic carbon-based materials to include non-periodic molecular structures. We show here theoretically that the 3D atomic structure of randomly oriented oleic acid molecules can be recovered from a single projection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan.
authors.forename: F-R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: The Molecular Foundry and Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kisielowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, EMAT, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Dyck
keywords: 3D molecular imaging; Atomic resolution tomography; Exit wave function; In-line holography