Solution of the phase problem in the theory of structure determination of crystals from X-ray diffraction experiments

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Wolf, Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTED BEAMS; PHASE PROBLEM; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION;

BIOACTIVITY; DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 68949136559     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.075501     Document Type: Article

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