Monte Carlo simulation of scanning electron microscopy bright contrast images of suspended carbon nanofibers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Toshishige ^a,b   Yang, Cary Y ^a  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT CONTRAST IMAGES; NANOFIBERS; SECONDARY ELECTRON SIGNALS;

CARBON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33847218219     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2450655     Document Type: Article

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