Determination of the surface morphology of gold-decahedra nanoparticles using an off-axis electron holography dual-lens imaging system

Micron

Volumn 54-55, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-86

  Cantu Valle, J ^a   Ruiz Zepeda, F ^a   Voelkl, E ^b   Kawasaki, M ^c   Santiago, U ^a   Jose Yacaman M ^a   Ponce, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HoloWerk LLC   (United States)

^c JEOL USA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual lens system; Electron holography; Metallic nanoparticles; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DUAL-LENS SYSTEM; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; MEAN INNER POTENTIAL; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; OFF-AXIS ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; PRECISE DETERMINATIONS; SURFACE IRREGULARITIES;

ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; GOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84885937204     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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