Simultaneous atomic-resolution electron ptychography and Z-contrast imaging of light and heavy elements in complex nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, H ^a   Rutte, R N ^a   Jones, L ^a   Simson, M ^b   Sagawa, R ^c   Ryll, H ^d   Huth, M ^b   Pennycook, T J ^e   Green, M L H ^a   Soltau, H ^b   Kondo, Y ^c   Davis, B G ^a   Nellist, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PNDETECTOR GMBH   (Germany)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^d PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL;

CARBON; CORRECTION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; DATA PROCESSING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON PTYCHOGRAPHY; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; Z CONTRAST IMAGING;

EID: 84984633450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12532     Document Type: Article

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