Energy-loss near-edge fine structures of iron nanoparticles

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-323

  Wang, Feng ^a,b   Malac, Marek ^a,b   Egerton, Ray F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EELS; ELNES; Iron fluorides; Iron nanoparticles; Iron oxides; White lines

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; IONIZATION; IRON; IRON OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELNES; IRON FLUORIDES; IRON NANOPARTICLES; WHITE LINES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646549894     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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