Win X-ray: A new Monte Carlo program that computes X-ray spectra obtained with a scanning electron microscope

R Gauvin, E Lifshin, H Demers, P Horny… - Microscopy and …, 2006 - cambridge.org
A new Monte Carlo program, Win X-ray, is presented that predicts X-ray spectra measured
with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) attached to a scanning electron microscope …

Determination of Low-Z Elements in Individual Environmental Particles Using Windowless EPMA

CU Ro, J Osán, R Van Grieken - Analytical Chemistry, 1999 - ACS Publications
The determination of low-Z elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in atmospheric
aerosol particles is of interest in studying environmental pollution. Conventional electron …

A Monte Carlo program for quantitative electron-induced X-ray analysis of individual particles

CU Ro, J Osán, I Szalóki, J de Hoog… - Analytical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
A versatile Monte Carlo program for quantitative particle analysis in electron probe X-ray
microanalysis is presented. The program includes routines for simulating electron-solid …

Dual-axis electron tomography of biological specimens: Extending the limits of specimen thickness with bright-field STEM imaging

AA Sousa, AA Azari, G Zhang, RD Leapman - Journal of structural biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The absence of imaging lenses after the specimen in the scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM) enables electron tomography to be performed in the STEM mode on …

Monte Carlo simulation of secondary electron images for real sample structures in scanning electron microscopy

P Zhang, HY Wang, YG Li, SF Mao, ZJ Ding - Scanning, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Monte Carlo simulation methods for the study of electron beam interaction with solids have
been mostly concerned with specimens of simple geometry. In this article, we propose a …

Light element analysis of individual microparticles using thin-window EPMA

J Osán, I Szalóki, CU Ro, R Van Grieken - Microchimica Acta, 2000 - Springer
The determination of the concentration of light elements, such as carbon, nitrogen and
oxygen, in eg atmospheric aerosol particles is important to study the chemical behaviour of …

Determination of chemical composition of individual airborne particles by SEM/EDX and micro-Raman spectrometry: a review

EA Stefaniak, A Buczynska, V Novakovic… - Journal of Physics …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The strategies for sampling and analysis by SEM/EDX and micro-Raman spectrometry for
individual airborne particles analysis as applied at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) by …

Optimization of material contrast for efficient FIB‐SEM tomography of solid oxide fuel cells

M Meffert, F Wankmüller, H Störmer, A Weber… - Fuel Cells, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Focused ion beam (FIB)–scanning electron microscopy (SEM) serial sectioning tomography
has become an important tool for three‐dimensional microstructure reconstruction of solid …

Quantitative characterization of individual aerosol particles by thin-window electron probe microanalysis combined with iterative simulation

I Szaloki, J Osán, CU Ro, R Van Grieken - Spectrochimica Acta Part B …, 2000 - Elsevier
A new data evaluation method and integrated software have been developed for the
quantification of individual aerosol particles based on an iterative reverse Monte Carlo …

Simulation of FIB‐SEM images for analysis of porous microstructures

T Prill, K Schladitz - Scanning, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Focused ion beam nanotomography‐scanning electron microscopy tomography yields high‐
quality three‐dimensional images of materials microstructures at the nanometer scale …