Structural analysis of carbonaceous solids using an adapted reverse Monte Carlo algorithm

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2403-2411

  Petersen, Tim ^a   Yarovsky, Irene ^a   Snook, Ian ^a   McCulloch, Dougal G ^a   Opletal, George ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Glass like carbon; C. Electron diffraction; D. Microstructure; Neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON;

EID: 0041735458     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00296-3     Document Type: Article

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