New electrostatic phase plate for phase-contrast transmission electron microscopy and its application for wave-function reconstruction

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-794

  Schultheiss, Katrin ^a   Zach, Joachim ^b   Gamm, Bjoern ^a   Dries, Manuel ^a   Frindt, Nicole ^c   Schröder, Rasmus R ^c   Gerthsen, Dagmar ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CEOS GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrostatic phase plate; phase contrast; phase plate; transmission electron microscopy; wave function reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451473904     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610093803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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