Semi-automatic size measurement of primary particles in aggregated nanomaterials by transmission electron microscopy

Powder Technology

Volumn 261, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-200

  De Temmerman, Pieter Jan ^a,b   Verleysen, Eveline ^a   Lammertyn, Jeroen ^b   Mast, Jan ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Fractal analysis; Image analysis; Nanomaterial; Primary particles; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AUTOMATION; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL DEFINITIONS; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SEMI-AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

AGGREGATES;

CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84899839117     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.04.040     Document Type: Article

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