Identification of a rotator phase of octamethyl ferrocene and correlations between its structural and dynamical properties

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1416-1422

  Asthalter, T ^a   Sergueev, I ^b   van Burck U ^c   Dinnebier, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Organometallic compounds; C. Differential scanning calorimetry; C. M ssbauer spectroscopy; C. X ray diffraction; D. Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING; OCTAMETHYL FERROCENE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

OLEFINS;

EID: 33745844339     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2006.01.103     Document Type: Article

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