Iterative structure retrieval techniques in HREM: A comparative study and a modular program package

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-130

  Mobus G ^a   Schweinfest, R ^a   Gemming, T ^a   Wagner, T ^a   Ruhle M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dislocations in bcc metals; Interface structures; Parameter fitting; Quantitative HREM; Structure retrieval

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BCC METALS; DISLOCATION IN BCC METAL; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; ITERATIVE STRUCTURES; MODULAR PROGRAMS; PARAMETER FITTING; PROGRAM PACKAGES; QUANTITATIVE HREM; RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURE RETRIEVAL;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031918214     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.3120865.x     Document Type: Review

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