Polarized Raman spectrum of a single crystal of AZT

Biospectroscopy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-242

  Kumakura, Akiko ^a   Tsuboi, Masamichi ^a   Ushizawa, Koichi ^b   Ueda, Toyotoshi ^b  

^a IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0008133831     PISSN: 10754261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6343(1996)2:4<233::aid-bspy4>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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