Dynamical behaviour of nanocrystals in transmission electron microscopy: Size, temperature or irradiation effects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1803, 2003, Pages 291-295

  Buffat, Philippe André ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron irradiation; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Nanoparticles; Sintering; Size effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141913714     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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