Neutron diffraction and incoherent neutron scattering from adsorbed layers

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-125

  Clarke, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Incoherent scattering; Interfaces; Monolayers; Neutron

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE SEPARATION; REVIEW; WETTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035004152     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(01)00069-3     Document Type: Review

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