Direct methods in electron crystallography: Image processing and solving incommensurate structures

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-116

  Fan, Hai Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methods; Dynamical diffraction effect; Image processing; Incommensurate structures

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALS STRUCTURES; DIRECT METHOD; DYNAMICAL DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGES PROCESSING; INCOMMENSURATE STRUCTURE; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033566080     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990715)46:2<104::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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