The development and applications of ultrafast electron nanocrystallography

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-337

  Ruan, Chong Yu ^a   Murooka, Yoshie ^a   Raman, Ramani K ^a   Murdick, Ryan A ^a   Worhatch, Richard J ^a   Pell, Aric ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Femtosecond laser; Nanomaterials; Photovoltage; Structural dynamics; Ultrafast electron nanocrystallography

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949108596     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609090709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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