Complex zeolite structure solved by combining powder diffraction and electron microscopy

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 79-81

  Gramm, Fabian ^a   Baerlocher, Christian ^a   McCusker, Lynne B ^a   Warrender, Stewart J ^b   Wright, Paul A ^b   Han, Bada ^c   Hong, Suk Bong ^c   Liu, Zheng ^d,e   Ohsuna, Tetsu ^d,f   Terasaki, Osamu ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

FOCUS ALGORITHM; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; ZEOLITE STRUCTURE;

ZEOLITES;

GERMANIUM; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZEOLITE;

ALGORITHM; CERAMICS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEOLITE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POWDER DIFFRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33750593153     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05200     Document Type: Article

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