Three-dimensional imaging of dislocations in a nanoparticle at atomic resolution

Nature

Volumn 496, Issue 7443, 2013, Pages 74-77

  Chen, Chien Chun ^a   Zhu, Chun ^a   White, Edward R ^a   Chiu, Chin Yi ^a   Scott, M C ^a   Regan, B C ^a   Marks, Laurence D ^b   Huang, Yu ^a   Miao, Jianwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE;

ALLOY; DISLOCATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84875878851     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12009     Document Type: Article

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