Ultrafast electron crystallography: The dawn of a new era

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2606-2610

  Thomas, John Meurig ^a,b  

^a DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic structures; Electron crystallography; Electron diffraction; Femtochemistry; Surface structures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MONOLAYERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOLID SURFACES; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 4544325517     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200301746     Document Type: Review

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