Analysis of short and long range atomic order in nanocrystalline diamonds with application of powder diffractometry

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 217, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 497-509

  Palosz, B ^a   Grzanka, E ^a,b   Gierlotka, S ^a   Stel'Makh, S ^a   Pielaszek, R ^a,b   Bismayer, U ^b   Neuefeind, J ^c   Weber, H P ^d   Proffen, Th ^e   Von Dreelev, R ^e   Palosz, W ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 18744391053     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.217.10.497.20795     Document Type: Review

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