Fine structural features of nanoscale zero-valent iron characterized by spherical aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (Cs-STEM)

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Volumn 139, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4512-4518

  Liu, Airong ^a   Zhang, Wei Xian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84906085111     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: 13645528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4an00679h     Document Type: Article

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