The nanoaquarium: A new paradigm in electron microscopy

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-308

  Grogan, Joseph M ^a   Schneider, Nicholas M ^a   Ross, Frances M ^b   Bau, Haim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; FROZEN SAMPLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-VACUUM ENVIRONMENTS; IMAGE DYNAMICS; IMAGE OBJECTS; IMAGE SAMPLES; IN-SITU; LIQUID CELLS; LIQUID MEDIA; NANO SCALE; NATIVE ENVIRONMENT; ORIENTED ASSEMBLY; PROCESS DYNAMICS; REAL TIME; REALTIME IMAGING; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SILICON NITRIDE MEMBRANE; STATIC IMAGES; THIN LIQUID LAYER; VACUUM ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON NITRIDE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84864747639     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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