Comparative study of nanoscale surface structures of calcite microcrystals using FE-SEM, AFM, and TEM

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-310

  Chien, Yung Ching ^a   Mucci, Alfonso ^a   Paquette, Jeanne ^a   Sears, S Kelly ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Calcite crystal growth; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Pt C replicas; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746189790     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927606060247     Document Type: Article

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