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Surfaces play a key role in numerous chemical reactions, including catalysis and corrosion. Understanding the atomic structure of the surface of a functional material is essential for both engineers ...

Backscattered Electron and X-Ray (BEX) imaging is a method for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) which obtains data from both X-Ray sensors, such as silicon drift detector, and Backscattered Electron ...

Secondary electrons (SEs) emitted from the surface layer are detected by the SE microscopy whereas the SEs from the bottom layer are absorbed or scattered by the surface layer. Surfaces play a key ...