A transmission electron microscopy study of fe-Co alloy nanoparticles in silica aerogel matrix using HREM, EDX, and EELS

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-124

  Falqui, Andrea ^a,b   Corrias, Anna ^a   Gass, Mhairi ^c   Mountjoy, Gavin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EDX; EELS; Fe Co alloy; HREM; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY;

ALLOYS; COBALT; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 66349099980     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609090114     Document Type: Article

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