STEM_CELL: A software tool for electron microscopy: Part I-simulations

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-111

  Grillo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Rotunno, Enzo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IMEM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channeling; Crystallographic modeling; Electron microscopy simulation; STEM ADF

Indexed keywords

CHANNELING; GRAPHIC TOOL; IMAGE CONTRASTS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; KIRKLAND; PARAMETERS SETTING; POST PROCESSING; STEM-ADF; STRAIN EFFECT; SUPER CELL; TEM SIMULATIONS;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEM CELLS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84873130668     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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