Elemental analysis of positron affinitive site in materials by coincidence Doppler broadening spectroscopy

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 381-386

  Nagai, Y ^a   Tang, Z ^b   Ohkubo, H ^a   Takadate, K ^a   Hasegawa, M ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coincidence Doppler broadening; Elemental analysis; Embedded nano cluster; Positron affinitive cluster

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COPPER; DEFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NANO-CLUSTERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM SILVER; ALUMINUM ZINC; COPPER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; POSITRON; SOLUTE;

EID: 0141516198     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00188-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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