Breaking the limits of structural and mechanical imaging of the heterogeneous structure of coal macerals

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 2014, Pages

  Collins, L ^a   Tselev, A ^b   Jesse, S ^b   Okatan, M B ^b   Proksch, R ^c   Mathews, J P ^d   Mitchell, G D ^d   Rodriguez, B J ^a   Kalinin, S V ^b   Ivanov, I N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c United States   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic force acoustic microscopy; coal; confocal micro Raman imaging; macerals; mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICRO-RAMAN; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MACERALS; MECHANICAL IMAGING;

COAL;

COAL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

COAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84907901755     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/43/435402     Document Type: Article

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