Inelastic scattering of hydroxyl radicals with helium and argon by velocity-map imaging

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 985-989

  Sarma, Gautam ^a   Marinakis, Sarantos ^a,b   Ter Meulen, J J ^a   Parker, David H ^a   McKendrick, Kenneth G ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY;

ARGON; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HELIUM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84870178240     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1480     Document Type: Article

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