Direct observation of crystal defects in an organic molecular crystals of copper hexachlorophthalocyanine by STEM-EELS

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Haruta, Mitsutaka ^a   Kurata, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84859758882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00252     Document Type: Article

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