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Atom Probe Field Ion Microscope

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A high electric field of greater than 0.5 V/Å can be generated over the apex of a sharpened metallic needle (tip) with a radius of less than 100 nm, by application of a voltage of higher than a few kV to the tip.

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  • 13 April 2019

    In Chapter “Challenges of Real-Scale Production with Smart Dynamic Casting”, low-resolution Figure 4 is replaced with high resolution, Figure 5 is replaced with new figure and Figure 6 and the graph near are positioned as per the standard.

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  2. Miller, M.K., Smith, G.D.W.: Atom Probe Microanalysis: Principles and Applications to Materials Problems. Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh (1989)

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Tomitori, M. (2018). Atom Probe Field Ion Microscope. In: The Surface Science Society of Japan (eds) Compendium of Surface and Interface Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6156-1_5

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