The renaissance and promise of electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 8824-8826

  Thomas, John Meurig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic resolution; Electronic structure; Graphite; Plasmons; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; LASER INDUCED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70449127594     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904052     Document Type: Article

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