New fullerenes in the B-C-N system: Synthesis and analysis by an electron beam

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 701-709

  Golberg, Dmitri ^a   Bando, Yoshio ^a   Stéphan, Odile ^a   Bourgeois, Laure ^a   Kurashima, Keiji ^a   Sasaki, Takayoshi ^a   Sato, Tadao ^a   Goringe, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Electron irradiation; Fullerenes; High resolution analytical electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FULLERENES; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS;

ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BORON-DOPED; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTRON-BEAM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESISED; SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 0033492078     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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