Cluster Dynamics: Fast Reactions and Coulomb Explosion

American Scientist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-349

  Poth, Lutz ^a,b   Wisniewski, Eric S ^c   Castleman Jr , A Welford ^c,d  

^a EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Chemistry and Physics ^*  (United States)

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EID: 2242443639     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2002.4.342     Document Type: Article

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