Theoretical and experimental investigations of resolution and detection limits in energy-filtering electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-406

  Golla, Ute ^a   Kohl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection and resolution limits; Elemental maps; Energy filtering TEM; Uranium clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031423662     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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