To see or not to see: Imaging surfactant coated nano-particles using HIM and SEM

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-94

  Hlawacek, Gregor ^a   Ahmad, Imtiaz ^a   Smithers, Mark A ^a   Kooij, E Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helium ion microscopy; Nano particles; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; GOLD CORES; HELIUM ION MICROSCOPIES; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; RECIPROCAL SPACE; SHELL THICKNESS;

GOLD; ION MICROSCOPES; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOLD COATINGS;

CETRIMIDE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELIUM ION MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84882777312     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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