Investigating processes of nanocrystal formation and transformation via liquid cell TEM

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-436

  Nielsen, Michael H ^a   Li, Dongsheng ^b   Zhang, Hengzhong ^c   Aloni, Shaul ^d   Han, T Yong Jin ^e   Frandsen, Cathrine ^f   Seto, Jong ^g,h   Banfield, Jillian F ^c   Cölfen, Helmut ^g   De Yoreo, James J ^b  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

crystal growth; liquid cell TEM; nucleation; oriented attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899047409     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614000294     Document Type: Article

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