Imaging ultrafast molecular dynamics with laser-induced electron diffraction

Nature

Volumn 483, Issue 7388, 2012, Pages 194-197

  Blaga, Cosmin I ^a   Xu, Junliang ^b   Dichiara, Anthony D ^a   Sistrunk, Emily ^a   Zhang, Kaikai ^a   Agostini, Pierre ^a   Miller, Terry A ^a   Dimauro, Louis F ^a   Lin, C D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

DECADAL VARIATION; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863229570     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10820     Document Type: Article

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