Characterizing the local nitrogen environment at platelets in type IaA/B diamond

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-144

  Brydson, R ^a   Brown, L M ^b   Bruley, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; EELS; ELNES; Modelling; Multiple scattering; Nitrogen; Platelets

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PLATELETS;

A-CENTER; DONOR IMPURITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; ELNES; IMPURITIES IN; MODELING; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING THEORY; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; PLAUSIBLE MODEL;

NITROGEN;

DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031911532     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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