Unraveling the atomic structure of ultrafine iron clusters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Hongtao ^a,b   Li, Kun ^b   Yao, Yingbang ^b   Wang, Qingxiao ^b   Cheng, Yingchun ^b   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^b   Zhang, Xi Xiang ^b   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84871755464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00995     Document Type: Article

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