Atomic-scale chemical imaging and quantification of metallic alloy structures by energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Ping ^a   Zhou, Lin ^b   Kramer, M J ^b   Smith, David J ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893834197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03945     Document Type: Article

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