Application of the apparent lattice parameter to determination of the core-shell structure of nanocrystals

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 580-594

  Palosz, Bogdan ^a   Stelmakh, Svetlana ^a,b   Grzanka, Ewa ^a   Gierlotka, Stanislaw ^a   Palosz, Witold ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIMROSE CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic structure; Nanocrystals; Neutron diffraction; Powder diffraction; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949023302     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2007.222.11.580     Document Type: Article

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