Z-contrast cryo-electron tomography probes shell porosity in multi-shell nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ling, Wai Li ^a,b,c   Cherns, Peter D ^a   Samuel, Jorice ^a   Raccurt, Olivier ^d   Poncelet, Olivier ^a   Chabli, Amal ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEA INES   (France)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Cryo electron microscopy (cryo EM); High angle annular dark field (HAADF) imaging; Organic; Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM); Silica nanoparticle; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (CRYO- EM); HIGH ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD IMAGING (HAADF); ORGANIC; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CHELATING AGENT; COPPER ION; HYDROCARBON; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; DIALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAL BINDING; NANOANALYSIS; NANOPROBE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84857925670     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0806-8     Document Type: Article

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