A facile method to compare EFTEM maps obtained from materials changing composition over time

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1090-1097

  Casu, Alberto ^a   Genovese, Alessandro ^a   Di Benedetto, Cristiano ^a   Lentijo Mozo, Sergio ^a   Sogne, Elisa ^a   Zuddas, Efisio ^a   Falqui, Andrea ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Digital image treatment; Elemental maps; in situ EFTEM

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL IMAGE TREATMENT; ELEMENTAL MAPS; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACILE METHOD; IMAGE TREATMENT; IN SITU ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEM MODES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84983196965     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22589     Document Type: Article

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