Chemical composition dispersion in bi-metallic nanoparticles: Semi-automated analysis using HAADF-STEM

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Epicier, T ^a   Sato, K ^b   Tournus, F ^c   Konno, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bi metallic nanoparticles; Chemical composition dispersion; Scanning TEM; STEM HAADF; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BISMUTH METALLOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; INTEGRATED INTENSITIES; SCANNING TEM; SEMI-AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; STEM-HAADF;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

IRON; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISPERSION; HIGH ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84864927254     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1106-z     Document Type: Article

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