High-resolution three-dimensional partially coherent diffraction imaging

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Clark, J N ^a   Huang, X ^a   Harder, R ^b   Robinson, I K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Research Complex at Harwell   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NANOIMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WAVEFORM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NANOSTRUCTURES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866069039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1994     Document Type: Article

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