A basic introduction to thermal motions of atoms in crystal structures, the underlying potentials and the physical information available from their analysis

Crystallography Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-56

  Wilson, Chick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic thermal motion; Atomic displacement parameters; Disorder; Termal motion analysis; Thermal ellipsoids

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMS; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY;

ANISOTROPIC THERMAL MOTION; ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT PARAMETERS; DISORDER; TERMAL MOTION ANALYSIS; THERMAL ELLIPSOIDS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 60749125521     PISSN: 0889311X     EISSN: 14763508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08893110802564245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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