In situ mechanical TEM: Seeing and measuring under stress with electrons

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 224-240

  Legros, Marc ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dislocation structure and dynamics; In situ TEM; Plastic deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897655237     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2014.02.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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