Prospects for vibrational-mode EELS with high spatial resolution

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 658-663

  Egerton, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

delocalization; EELS; monochromators; radiation damage; TEM; vibrational energy loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903769631     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613014013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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