Electron microscope characterization of AgBr heterojunctions with silver carboxylates and their influence on the morphology of developed silver particles in thermally developed photomaterials

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-172

  Bokhonov, Boris B ^a   Burleva, Lilia P ^a   Whitcomb, David R ^b   Sahyun, Melville R V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND MECHANOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b Imation Company   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxy; Heterojunction; Layered structure; Silver stearate; TEM

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLATION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FATTY ACIDS; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER HALIDES;

IN-SITU TREATMENT; LAYERED STRUCTURES; PHOTOMATERIALS; PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIC MATERIALS; SILVER CARBOXYLATES; SILVER HALIDE CRYSTALS; SILVER PARTICLES; SILVER STEARATE; SILVER STEARATE CRYSTALS; TEM;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

BROMIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HALIDE; SILVER; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032528547     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980715)42:2<152::AID-JEMT10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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