Detection of nonthermal melting by ultrafast x-ray diffraction

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5443, 1999, Pages 1340-1342

  Siders, C W ^a   Cavalleri, A ^a   Sokolowski Tinten, K ^b   Toth Cs ^a   Guo, T ^a,d   Kammler, M ^c   Horn Von Hoegen, M ^b,c   Wilson, K R ^a   Von Der Linde, D ^b   Barty, C P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GERMANIUM; LASERS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032724190     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5443.1340     Document Type: Article

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