In situ azimuthal rotation device for linear dichroism measurements in scanning transmission x-ray microscopy

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hernandez Cruz D ^a   Hitchcock, A P ^a   Tyliszczak, T ^b   Rousseau, M E ^c   Pezolet M ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ROTATION DEVICE; QUANTITATIVE MAPS; SPIDER SILK;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SILK; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

DICHROISM;

DICHROISM; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; SILK;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; X-RAYS;

EID: 34047164031     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2716502     Document Type: Article

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