On the modelling of the powder pattern from a nanocrystalline material

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 226, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 924-933

  Scardi, Paolo ^a   Leoni, Matteo ^a   Beyerlein, Kenneth Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 82255163642     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2011.1448     Document Type: Article

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