Aberration corrected and monochromated environmental transmission electron microscopy: Challenges and prospects for materials science

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1338-1344

  Hansen, T W ^a   Wagner, J B ^a   Dunin Borkowski, R E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aberration correction; Catalysis; Electron energy loss spectroscopy; Environmental transmission electron microscopy; Fuel cells; Monochromation; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ABERRATION CORRECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS REACTION; GROWTH PROCESS; IN-SITU; MONOCHROMATION; ON DYNAMICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS;

CATALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; EXPERIMENTS; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649310387     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708310X12756557336355     Document Type: Article

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