Quantitative experimental determination of site-specific magnetic structures by transmitted electrons

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Z Q ^a   Zhong, X Y ^a   Yu, R ^a   Cheng, Z Y ^a   Zhu, J ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE; NICKEL COMPLEX; NICKEL FERRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84884267944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2323     Document Type: Article

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