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Other Surface Imaging Methods with Electrons

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Surface Microscopy with Low Energy Electrons

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There are many other surface imaging methods, which are competing or complementary to cathode lens microscopy with slow electrons. Scanning probe microscopy in various imaging modes extends the resolution down to the atomic level and is frequently combined with the imaging methods discussed in this book. Here we make only a short comparison with imaging methods using reflected or emitted electrons, independent of energy and experimental setup.

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Bauer, E. (2014). Other Surface Imaging Methods with Electrons. In: Surface Microscopy with Low Energy Electrons. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0935-3_8

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