Direct imaging of hydrogen-atom columns in a crystal by annular bright-field electron microscopy

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-281

  Ishikawa, Ryo ^a   Okunishi, Eiji ^b   Sawada, Hidetaka ^b   Kondo, Yukihito ^b   Hosokawa, Fumio ^b   Abe, Eiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JEOL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ATOMIC NUMBER ELEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MICROSCOPE PERFORMANCE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMS;

EID: 79953043175     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2957     Document Type: Article

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