Interpretation of electron diffraction patterns from amorphous and fullerene-like carbon allotropes

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 815-819

  Czigány, Zsolt ^a   Hultman, Lars ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron diffraction; Fullerene like carbon; Nanoclusters; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BROAD RING; CARBON ALLOTROPES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOCLUSTERS; PEAK SHIFT; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SHORT RANGE ORDERS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; NANOCLUSTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLOTROPE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; FULLERENE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCRYSTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 77953541264     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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