BCDI imaging of a CDW nano-particule

We propose to make the first 3D Bragg coherent diffraction imaging (BCDI) reconstruction of a charge density waves (CDW) system in several small NbSe3 crystals with a volume less than 1μm3 prepared by electron-lithography. Using the high photon flux of the ESRF-EBS we will reconstruct both the (020) Bragg and the (0 1.241 0) satellite reflection associated to the CDW for several temperatures, going down to the second CDW transition at 59K. This would be the first 3D reconstruction of the CDW strain in an entire nano-particle and would pave the way toward the possibility of following the CDW 3D strain evolution under current.