Experimental procedures to mitigate electron beam induced artifacts during in situ fluid imaging of nanomaterials

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-63

  Woehl, Taylor J ^a   Jungjohann, Katherine L ^a   Evans, James E ^b,c   Arslan, Ilke ^a,c   Ristenpart, William D ^a,b   Browning, Nigel D ^a,b,c  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ fluid; In situ liquid; In situ STEM; In situ TEM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; IN-SITU TEM; INDIVIDUAL NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SITU FLUIDS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

CARBON; ELECTROLYTE; NANOMATERIAL; RADICAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MEMBRANE DEWETTING; MEMBRANE FORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFACTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; WATER;

EID: 84875515147     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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