EasySpin, a comprehensive software package for spectral simulation and analysis in EPR

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-55

  Stoll, Stefan ^a   Schweiger, Arthur ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breit Rabi; ENDOR; EPR

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS;

BREIT-RABI; ENDOR; MATLAB; SOFTWARE PACKAGE;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 28844486080     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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