Exploring the structure of a hydrogen cyanide polymer by electron spin resonance and scanning force microscopy

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Eastman, M P ^a   Helfrich, F S E ^a   Umantsev, A ^a   Porter, Timothy L ^a   Weber, R ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bruker Instruments Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Polymer; Resonance; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROLYSIS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY (SFM);

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NITROGEN; NITROXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RADICAL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETISM; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0037287033     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950250105     Document Type: Article

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