On the application of the weak-beam technique to the determination of the sizes of small point-defect clusters in ion-irradiated copper

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Jenkins, Michael L ^a   Kirk, Marquis A ^b   Fukushima, Hiroshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clusters; Defects; Irradiation damage; Weak beam microscopy

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; POINT DEFECTS; TEMPERATURE;

BEAM CONVERGENCE; CLUSTER; CONDITION; IRRADIATION DAMAGE; POINT DEFECT CLUSTERS; SMALL CLUSTERS; SMALL POINTS; WEAK BEAMS; WEAK-BEAM MICROSCOPY; WEAK-BEAM TECHNIQUE;

COPPER;

EID: 0032832377     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023684     Document Type: Article

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