Single-nanoparticle phase transitions visualized by four-dimensional electron microscopy

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 395-402

  Van Der Veen, Renske M ^a   Kwon, Oh Hoon ^a   Tissot, Antoine ^b   Hauser, Andreas ^b   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOPARTICLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876840605     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1622     Document Type: Article

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