Electron transparent graphene windows for environmental scanning electron microscopy in liquids and dense gases

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 50, 2012, Pages

  Stoll, Joshua D ^a   Kolmakov, Andrei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MEDICAL; COLLOIDAL GOLD NANOPARTICLES; DENSE GAS; ELECTRON DOSE; ELECTRON ENERGY RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); GASEOUS MEDIA; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; MESOSCOPIC OBJECTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; TRANSFER PROTOCOL; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER RADIOLYSIS; WINDOW MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON BEAMS; LIQUIDS; RADIOLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON NITRIDE;

GRAPHENE;

GOLD; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; GOLD; GRAPHITE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84870429969     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/50/505704     Document Type: Article

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