The study of nanovolumes of amorphous materials using electron scattering

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 159-187

  Cockayne, David J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron diffraction; Extended energy loss fine structure (EXELFS); Radial distribution function (RDF); Reduced density function

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; THIN FILMS;

EXTENDED ENERGY LOSS FINE STRUCTURE (EXELFS); RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (RDF); REDUCED DENSITY FUNCTION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34848898737     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.35.082803.103337     Document Type: Review

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