Phase transitions in extremely small crystals

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 375, Issue 1 PART 1, 2008, Pages 74-91

  Tomaszewski, Paweł E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Database; Nanocrystals; Phase diagrams; Phase transitions; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DOUBLE TUNGSTATES; LINEAR DIMENSIONS; LITERATURE DATA; NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAINS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL CRYSTALS; SMALLEST UNIT; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; UNIT CELLS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 75449088813     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802437910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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