Kinematic HAADF-STEM image simulation of small nanoparticles

Micron

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-53

  He, D S ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Yuan, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HAADF STEM; Image simulation; Kinematic scattering; Small particles

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DYNAMICAL SCREENING EFFECTS; HAADF-STEM; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; IMAGE SIMULATIONS; KINEMATIC SIMULATIONS; MULTISLICE SIMULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURES; SMALL PARTICLES;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 84929177687     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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