Dataset: Informing Quantum Materials Discovery and Synthesis using X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography

Authors: Lucas A. Pressley^1,2 Dave Edey³ Romy Hanna³ Sieun Chae⁴ John T. Heron⁴ Mojammel A. Khan^1,2 and Tyrel M. McQueen^1,2,5

Author affiliations:
¹: Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
²: Institute for Quantum Matter, The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
³: Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
⁴: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
⁵: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

The dataset shows how X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) can be used to non-destructively generate 3D representations of a material with micron/nanometer precision. This is shown through a variety of test cases, including

1. Compacted Cu powder
2. Flux grown SmB₆ single crystals
3. Flux grown rutile GeO₂
4. Floating zone grown YbMgGaO₄
5. Diffraction Computed Tomography of rutile TiO₂