A temperature dependent X-ray study of the order-disorder enantiotropic phase transition of p-terphenyl

Journal of Chemical Crystallography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-25

  Rice, Andrew P ^a   Tham, Fook S ^a   Chronister, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Order disorder enantiotropic phase transition; para Terphenyl; Pseudo merohedral twinning; Reticular; Temperature dependent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871646048     PISSN: 10741542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10870-012-0378-6     Document Type: Article

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