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High-energy electrons can be detected by a direct measurement of the electron current or by converting the electron energy into optical, electrical, or chemical signals, which then can be analyzed and visualized.

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  1. Frederick-Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Jian Min Zuo

  2. Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

    John C. H. Spence

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Zuo, J.M., Spence, J.C.H. (2017). Electron Detectors. In: Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6607-3_9

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