Direct observation of dynamic events of Au clusters on MgO(100) by HAADF-STEM

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Han, Y ^a,b   He, D S ^a   Li, Z Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberration correction; Atom counting; Au clusters; MgO; STEM

Indexed keywords

GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNESIA; NANOCLUSTERS; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ABERRATION CORRECTION; ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; AU CLUSTERS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; INTENSE ELECTRON BEAMS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MODEL-BASED METHOD; PROBE INTERACTION;

ATOMS;

GOLD; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84882762754     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1941-6     Document Type: Article

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