Lorentzian-like image blur of gold nanoparticles on thick amorphous silicon films in ultra-high-voltage transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-531

  Oshima, Yoshifumi ^a   Nishi, Ryuji ^a   Asayama, Kyoichiro ^a,b   Arakawa, Kazuto ^c   Yoshida, Kiyokazu ^a   Sakata, Takao ^a   Taguchi, Eiji ^a   Yasuda, Hidehiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blur function; contrast; transmission; ultra high voltage transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INELASTIC SCATTERING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FILM; BLUR FUNCTION; CONTRAST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IMAGES; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRA HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION; ULTRA-HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84885945676     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dft031     Document Type: Article

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