Virtual substrate method for nanomaterials characterization

Bo Da; Jiangwei Liu; Mahito Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Ueda; Kazuyuki Watanabe; Nguyen Thanh Cuong; Songlin Li; Kazuhito Tsukagoshi; Hideki Yoshikawa; Hideo Iwai; Shigeo Tanuma; Hongxuan Guo; Zhaoshun Gao; Xia Sun; Zejun Ding

doi:10.1038/ncomms15629

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Virtual substrate method for nanomaterials characterization

Bo Da,
Jiangwei Liu,
Mahito Yamamoto,
Yoshihiro Ueda,
Kazuyuki Watanabe,
Nguyen Thanh Cuong,
Songlin Li,
Kazuhito Tsukagoshi,
Hideki Yoshikawa,
Hideo Iwai,
Shigeo Tanuma,
Hongxuan Guo,
Zhaoshun Gao,
Xia Sun,
Zejun Ding

Affiliations

Bo Da: International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science
Jiangwei Liu: International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science
Mahito Yamamoto: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Yoshihiro Ueda: Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science
Kazuyuki Watanabe: Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science
Nguyen Thanh Cuong: International Center for Young Scientists, National Institute for Materials Science
Songlin Li: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Kazuhito Tsukagoshi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Hideki Yoshikawa: Surface Chemical Analysis Group, Nano Characterization Unit, National Institute for Materials Science
Hideo Iwai: Surface Chemical Analysis Group, Nano Characterization Unit, National Institute for Materials Science
Shigeo Tanuma: Surface Chemical Analysis Group, Nano Characterization Unit, National Institute for Materials Science
Hongxuan Guo: Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Zhaoshun Gao: National Institute for Materials Science
Xia Sun: Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Zejun Ding: Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15629
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

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Quantitative characterization of supported nanomaterials is challenging, because the nanomaterial signals cannot easily be deconvoluted from those of the substrate. Here, the authors introduce an inventive approach to overcome this problem for electron-based surface analysis techniques.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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