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Boron Nitride multiwall nanotube

Core loss BN · Odile Stephan · added 2008-02-07 · Beam energy and angles known · History

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the beam has been focused at the edge of a 30 nm tube in diameter - similar data has been acquired at the B-K edge and for a different orientation Analyst: Odile Stephan, Raul Arenal de la Concha. Temperature: Room. BEAM/Crystal: Beam parallel to the planes.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Boron Nitride multiwall nanotube", formula="BN")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21704)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
BN
Elements
B, N
Edges
N K
Energy range
370.47 – 747.94 eV
Step
0.477 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
No

Acquisition

Microscope
STEM-VG
Gun
Cold FEG
Beam energy
100 kV
Convergence semi-angle
15 mrad
Collection semi-angle
24 mrad
Resolution
0.7 eV
Mode
STEM
Detector
Parallel: 666 Gatan
Probe size
1 nm²

Reference

Raul Arenal de la Concha,PhD thesis,2005 (http://lem.onera.fr/download/These_Raul-Arenal.pdf)

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

If you use this spectrum, cite the contributor's paper and the EELS Data Base.

Odile Stephan. Boron Nitride multiwall nanotube (BN). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21704, 2008. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/boron-nitride-multiwall-nanotube-2/

Raul Arenal de la Concha,PhD thesis,2005 (http://lem.onera.fr/download/These_Raul-Arenal.pdf)

Philip Ewels, Thierry Sikora, Virginie Serin, Chris P. Ewels and Luc Lajaunie. “A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 22, 717–724 (2016). doi:10.1017/S1431927616000179
BibTeX
@misc{Stephan2008eelsdb21704,
  author = {Odile Stephan},
  title = {Boron Nitride multiwall nanotube},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21704},
  year = {2008},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/boron-nitride-multiwall-nanotube-2/}
}

@article{ewels2016eelsdb,
  author = {Ewels, Philip and Sikora, Thierry and Serin, Virginie and Ewels, Chris P. and Lajaunie, Luc},
  title = {A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu},
  journal = {Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {717--724},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1017/S1431927616000179}
}
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