Quantitative energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy in materials science

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-172

  Grogger, Werner ^a   Hofer, Ferdinand ^a   Warbichler, Peter ^a   Kothleitner, Gerald ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GATAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical electron microscopy; Electron energy loss near edge fine structure; Energy filtering transmission electron microscopy; Phase imaging; Quantitative elemental maps; Scatter diagram

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003325123     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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