Successful application of spatial difference technique to electron energy-loss spectroscopy studies of Mo/SrTiO3 interfaces

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-101

  Gao, Min ^a   Scheu, C ^a   Tchernychova, E ^a   Ruhle M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); Energy loss near edge structure (ELNES); Metal ceramic interfaces; Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE); Scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM); Spatial difference technique (SDT)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERFACE STATES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY LOSS NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; ENERGY-LOSS NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE; METAL-CERAMIC INTERFACE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

MOLYBDENUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0037394218     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01174.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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