Mechanisms of radiation damage in beam-sensitive specimens, for TEM accelerating voltages between 10 and 300 kV

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1550-1556

  Egerton, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose limited resolution; Knock on displacement; Radiation damage; Radiolysis

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS;

ACCELERATING VOLTAGES; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DOSE-LIMITED RESOLUTION; EXPOSED TO; IONIZATION DAMAGE; KNOCK-ON DISPLACEMENT; LIMITED RESOLUTION; ORGANICS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; STOPPING POWER;

RADIATION DAMAGE;

EID: 84867965309     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22099     Document Type: Article

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