Coherent diffraction imaging of nanoscale strain evolution in a single crystal under high pressure

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Wenge ^a,b   Huang, Xiaojing ^a   Harder, Ross ^c   Clark, Jesse N ^d   Robinson, Ian K ^d,e   Mao, Ho Kwang ^a,b,f  

^a High Pressure Synergetic Consortium   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH   (China)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Research Complex at Harwell   (United Kingdom)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

COMPRESSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BRAGG COHERENT X RAY DIFFRACTION; FLOW KINETICS; HYPERBARISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84877727382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2661     Document Type: Article

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