The effect of lens aberrations on the spatial resolution of an energy-filtered TEM image

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Egerton, R F ^a   Crozier, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Energy filtered images; Resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030871738     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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