Optical and structural modeling of disclination lattices in carbonaceous mesophases

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Gupta, Gaurav ^a   Hwang, Dae Kun ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MESOPHASES; DISCLINATION LATTICES; OPTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

LATTICE CONSTANTS;

EID: 17844376571     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1834497     Document Type: Article

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