Potential for biomolecular imaging with femtosecond X-ray pulses

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6797, 2000, Pages 752-757

  Neutzo, Richard ^a   Wouts, Remco ^a   Van Der Spoel, David ^a   Weckert, Edgar ^b   Hajdu, Janos ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; X RAY;

EID: 0034680144     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35021099     Document Type: Letter

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