An environmental transmission electron microscope for in situ synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1695-1707

  Sharma, Renu ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROMETER; ENERGY FILTER; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (ETEM); FIELD-EMISSION GUN; NANOMATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 29044442914     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0241     Document Type: Review

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