Development of an analytical environmental TEM system and its application

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 331-339

  Kishita, Keisuke ^a,b   Sakai, Hisashi ^a   Tanaka, Hiromochi ^a   Saka, Hiroyasu ^b   Kuroda, Kotaro ^b   Sakamoto, Masayuki ^c   Watabe, Akira ^c   Kamino, Takeo ^c  

^a TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental TEM; Gas reaction; High resolution; High temperature; Oxidation; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FUEL CELLS; THERMOOXIDATION;

% REDUCTIONS; AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GAS REACTION; GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; ITS APPLICATIONS; MICROSCOPE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 73449092833     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfp028     Document Type: Article

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