Toward reproducible three-dimensional microstructure analysis of granular materials and complex suspensions

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-146

  Holzer, Lorenz ^a   Mnch, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Cryomicroscopy; Focused ion beam (FIB); Image analysis; Nanoparticles; Nanotomography; Ordinary portland cement; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

NANOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 66349132885     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609090163     Document Type: Article

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