Electron tomography and holography in materials science

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Midgley, Paul A ^a   Dunin Borkowski, Rafal E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CHEMICAL INFORMATION; ELECTRON HOLOGRAMS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC POTENTIALS; PHASE INFORMATION; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 63049120106     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2406     Document Type: Review

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