Low-energy electron point projection microscopy of suspended graphene, the ultimate 'microscope slide'

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mutus, J Y ^a,b   Livadaru, L ^a,b   Robinson, J T ^c   Urban, R ^a,b   Salomons, M H ^a,b   Cloutier, M ^a,b   Wolkow, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVALENT RADII; ELECTRON EMITTERS; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; IMAGE OBJECTS; KNIFE EDGE; LOW ENERGIES; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MICROSCOPE SLIDE; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; POINT PROJECTION; STRONG FIELD; VIRTUAL SOURCES;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79959669151     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/6/063011     Document Type: Article

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