Limitations of Thermal Stability Analysis via In-Situ TEM/Heating Experiments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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El-Atwani, O.; Kim, H.; Harvey, C.; Efe, M.; Maloy, S.A. Limitations of Thermal Stability Analysis via In-Situ TEM/Heating Experiments. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102541
El-Atwani O, Kim H, Harvey C, Efe M, Maloy SA. Limitations of Thermal Stability Analysis via In-Situ TEM/Heating Experiments. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(10):2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102541
Chicago/Turabian StyleEl-Atwani, Osman, Hyosim Kim, Cayla Harvey, Mert Efe, and Stuart A. Maloy. 2021. "Limitations of Thermal Stability Analysis via In-Situ TEM/Heating Experiments" Nanomaterials 11, no. 10: 2541. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102541