Atomic structure of a Ca-doped [001] tilt grain boundary in MgO

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-120

  Yan, Yanfa ^a   Chisholm, Matthew F ^a   Duscher, Gerd ^a,b   Pennycook, Stephen J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS; Grain boundary; MgO; STEM; Z contrast

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNESIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CA-DOPED; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STEM; SYMMETRICS; TILT GRAIN BOUNDARY; Z CONTRASTS; Z-CONTRAST IMAGES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 0031826364     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023567     Document Type: Article

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