Vibrational spectroscopy in the electron microscope

OL Krivanek, TC Lovejoy, N Dellby, T Aoki… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Vibrational spectroscopies using infrared radiation,, Raman scattering, neutrons, low-energy
electrons and inelastic electron tunnelling are powerful techniques that can analyse bonding …

Vibrational and valence aloof beam EELS: A potential tool for nondestructive characterization of nanoparticle surfaces

PA Crozier - Ultramicroscopy, 2017 - Elsevier
In many materials systems, electron beam effects may substantially alter and destroy the
structure of interest during observation. This is often true for the surface structures of catalytic …

The influence of surfaces and interfaces on high spatial resolution vibrational EELS from SiO2

K Venkatraman, P Rez, K March, PA Crozier - Microscopy, 2018 - academic.oup.com
High-resolution monochromated electron energy-loss spectroscopy has the potential to map
vibrational modes at nanometer resolution. Using the SiO2/Si interface as a test case, we …

Prospects for vibrational-mode EELS with high spatial resolution

RF Egerton - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Taking advantage of previous measurements by Geiger and co-workers, we discuss the
possibilities and problems of measuring vibrational modes of energy loss in a transmission …

Validity of the dipole approximation in TEM‐EELS studies

RF Egerton, RA Mcleod, M Malac - Microscopy Research and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nondipole effects in electron energy‐loss spectroscopy are evaluated in terms of deviation
of the inelastic scattering from a Lorentzian angular distribution, which is assumed in …