EELS investigations of different niobium oxide phases

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-423

  Bach, D ^a   Stormer H ^a   Schneider, R ^a   Gerthsen, D ^a   Verbeeck, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EELS; ELNES; Niobium monoxide; Niobium pentoxide; Quantification; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750321765     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927606060521     Document Type: Article

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