Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography

The aim of this work is to make progress towards the development of 3D reconstruction as a legitimate alternative to traditional 2D characterisation of soot. Time constraints are the greatest opposition to its implementation, as currently reconstruction of a single soot particle takes around 5-6 hou...

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Main Authors: Haffner-Staton, Ephraim, La Rocca, Antonino, Fay, Mike W.
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author Haffner-Staton, Ephraim
La Rocca, Antonino
Fay, Mike W.
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Fay, Mike W.
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description The aim of this work is to make progress towards the development of 3D reconstruction as a legitimate alternative to traditional 2D characterisation of soot. Time constraints are the greatest opposition to its implementation, as currently reconstruction of a single soot particle takes around 5-6 hours to complete. As such, the accuracy and detail gains are currently insufficient to challenge 2D characterisation of a representative sample (e.g. 200 particles). This work is a consideration of the optimisation of the steps included within the computational reconstruction and manual segmentation of soot particles. Our optimal process reduced the time required by over 70% in comparison to a typical procedure, whilst producing models with no appreciable decrease in quality.
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spelling nottingham-490512018-06-12T07:07:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49051/ Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography Haffner-Staton, Ephraim La Rocca, Antonino Fay, Mike W. The aim of this work is to make progress towards the development of 3D reconstruction as a legitimate alternative to traditional 2D characterisation of soot. Time constraints are the greatest opposition to its implementation, as currently reconstruction of a single soot particle takes around 5-6 hours to complete. As such, the accuracy and detail gains are currently insufficient to challenge 2D characterisation of a representative sample (e.g. 200 particles). This work is a consideration of the optimisation of the steps included within the computational reconstruction and manual segmentation of soot particles. Our optimal process reduced the time required by over 70% in comparison to a typical procedure, whilst producing models with no appreciable decrease in quality. Wiley 2018-01-16 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49051/9/HAFFNER-STATON_et_al-2018-Journal_of_Microscopy.pdf application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49051/1/paper%203D%20Tem%20Ephraim-%20Nino.pdf Haffner-Staton, Ephraim, La Rocca, Antonino and Fay, Mike W. (2018) Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography. Journal of Microscopy, 270 (3). pp. 272-289. ISSN 1365-2818 Soot characterisation; 2D-TEM; fractal dimension; Electron tomography; 3D-TEM https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jmi.12680 doi:10.1111/jmi.12680 doi:10.1111/jmi.12680
spellingShingle Soot characterisation; 2D-TEM; fractal dimension; Electron tomography; 3D-TEM
Haffner-Staton, Ephraim
La Rocca, Antonino
Fay, Mike W.
Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title_full Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title_fullStr Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title_full_unstemmed Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title_short Progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3D reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
title_sort progress towards a methodology for high throughput 3d reconstruction of soot nanoparticles via electron tomography
topic Soot characterisation; 2D-TEM; fractal dimension; Electron tomography; 3D-TEM
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