Atmospheric pressure scanning transmission electron microscopy.

de Jonge, Niels; Bigelow, Wilbur C; Veith, Gabriel M · Nano Lett · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) images of gold nanoparticles at atmospheric pressure have been recorded through a 0.36 mm thick mixture of CO, O2, and He. This was accomplished using a reaction cell consisting of two electron-transparent silicon nitride membranes. Gold nanoparticles of a full width at half-maximum diameter of 1.0 nm were visible above the background noise, and the achieved edge resolution was 0.4 nm in accordance with calculations of the beam broadening.

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