Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope (1995)

Synopsis

Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS or ELS) has been used to investi­ gate the physical properties of solids for over 40 years in a handful of laboratories distributed around the world. More recently, electron micro­ scopists have become interested in EELS as a method of chemical analysis with the potential for achieving very high sensitivity and spatial resolution, and there is a growing awareness of the fact that the loss spectrum can provide structural information from a thin specimen. In comparison with energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, for example, EELS is a fairly demand­ ing technique, requiring for its full exploitation a knowledge of atomic and solid-state physics, electron optics, and electronics. In writing this book, I have tried to gather together relevant information from these various fields. Chapter 1 begins at an elementary level; readers with some experience in EELS will be familiar with the content of the first two sections. Chapter 2 deals with instrumentation and experimental technique, and should con­ tain material of interest to researchers who want to get the best performance out of commercial equipment as well as those who contemplate building their own spectrometer or electron-detection system. Chapter 3 outlines the theory used to interpret spectral features, while Chapter 4 gives procedures for numerical processing of the energy-loss spectrum. Chapter 5 contains examples of practical applications of EELS and a discussion of radiation damage, spatial resolution, and detection limits.

Copyright:

1995

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781461568872

Related ISBNs:

9780306421587

Publisher:

Springer US

Date of Addition:

01/17/21

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N/A

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No

Language:

English

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Categories:

Nonfiction, Science

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