Local crystal structure analysis with 10-pm accuracy using scanning transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Saito, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kimoto, Koji ^a   Nagai, Takuro ^a   Fukushima, Shun ^b   Akahoshi, Daisuke ^b   Kuwahara, Hideki ^b   Matsui, Yoshio ^a   Ishizuka, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Higashimatsuyama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular dark field imaging; Channelling; Crystal structure analysis; Perovskite oxide; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Software

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MANGANITES; PEROVSKITE; TERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANNULAR DARK-FIELD IMAGING; ATOM POSITIONS; CHANNELING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CUSTOMIZED SOFTWARE; HIGH-ACCURACY; INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 68349139896     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfn023     Document Type: Article

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