The MIDAS project at ASU: John Cowley's vision and practical results

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-162

  Venables, J A ^a,c   Hembree, G G ^a   Drucker, J ^a   Crozier, P A ^a   Scheinfein, M R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Diffraction studies; Magnetic materials; Nanofabrication; Secondary and Auger electrons; SEM STEM; Small particle catalysts; Surfaces; UHV electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFRACTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY; AUGER ELECTRON; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN FEATURES; DIFFRACTION STUDIES; NOVEL DESIGN; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SEM/STEM; SMALL PARTICLE CATALYSTS; UHV ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27744528799     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfi038     Document Type: Review

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