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Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 962-967

  Brühne, Stefan ^a   Uhrig, Eckhard ^a   Luther, Klaus Dieter ^a   Assmus, Wolf ^a   Brunelli, Michela ^b   Masadeh, Ahmad S ^c   Billinge, Simon J L ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Icosahedral Mg Zn based quasicrystal; Local structure determination; Pair distribution function; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944452213     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2005.220.11_2005.962     Document Type: Article

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