Clocking transient chemical changes by ultrafast electron diffraction

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6621, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Williamson, J Charles ^a   Cao, Jianming ^a   Ihee, Hyotcherl ^a   Frey, Hans ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030896894     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386159a0     Document Type: Article

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