Preparation of TEM samples of metal-oxide interface by the focused ion beam technique

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Abolhassani, S ^a   Gasser, Philippe ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'Lift out'; Energy dispersive X ray spectrometer (EDS) analysis by TEM; Focused ion beam (FIB); Irradiated Zircaloy 4; Metal oxide interface; TEM; TEM specimen preparation

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED ION BEAMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

'LIFT-OUT'; EDS ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETER (EDS) ANALYSE BY TEM; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; FOCUSED ION BEAM; FOCUSED IONS BEAMS; IRRADIATED ZIRCALOY-4; LIFT OUTS; METAL OXIDE INTERFACE; TEM; TEM SPECIMEN PREPARATION; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; ZIRCALOY-4;

SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

ION; METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33745869760     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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