Electron diffraction of superfluid helium droplets

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1801-1805

  Zhang, Jie ^a   He, Yunteng ^a   Freund, William M ^a   Kong, Wei ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coherent single molecule diffraction; doped superfluid helium droplets; Electron diffraction; gas phase electron diffraction; phthalocyanine gallium chloride; superfluid helium droplets

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROPS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GASES; HELIUM; MOLECULES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING;

DIFFRACTION PROFILES; GALLIUM CHLORIDE; GAS PHASE ELECTRON DIFFRACTIONS; GAS PHASE MOLECULES; LASER-ALIGNED MOLECULES; MOLECULAR SCATTERING; SINGLE MOLECULE; SUPERFLUID HELIUM DROPLETS;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 84902119499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5006829     Document Type: Article

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