Development of a high temperature-atmospheric pressure environmental cell for high-resolution TEM

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-225

  Yaguchi, Toshie ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Watabe, Akira ^a   Nagakubo, Yasuhira ^a   Ueda, Kota ^a   Kamino, Takeo ^a,b  

^a HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure; environmental cell; high temperature; high resolution TEM observation; micropressure gauge; silicon nitride membranes

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GAGES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SILICON NITRIDE; THIN FILMS;

CELL/B.E; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MICROPRESSURE; MICROPRESSURE GAUGE; SILICON NITRIDE MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

EID: 79958861487     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr011     Document Type: Article

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