Efficient linear phase contrast in scanning transmission electron microscopy with matched illumination and detector interferometry

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ophus, Colin ^a   Ciston, Jim ^a   Pierce, Jordan ^b   Harvey, Tyler R ^b   Chess, Jordan ^b   McMorran, Benjamin J ^b   Czarnik, Cory ^c   Rose, Harald H ^d   Ercius, Peter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c GATAN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

CARBON; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; GOLD; HETEROGENEITY; INTERFEROMETRY; NANOPARTICLE; PROBE; RESOLUTION; SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATCHED ILLUMINATION AND DETECTOR INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84959387103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10719     Document Type: Article

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