Cryo-transmission electron microscopy of Ag nanoparticles grown on an ionic liquid substrate

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1264-1271

  Anjum, Dalaver H ^a,c   Stiger, Rebecca M ^b   Finley, James J ^b   Conway, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PPG INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; CRYO-TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINITIES; CUBIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DOSE; IN-SITU; INDUCED MOTIONS; INITIAL PREPARATION; LIQUID SUBSTRATE; NOVEL METHODS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES;

AGGLOMERATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SPUTTERING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

SILVER;

EID: 77957963904     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0166     Document Type: Article

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