Electron energy-loss spectroscopy in the TEM

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Egerton, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 58149396410     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/72/1/016502     Document Type: Article

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