Ultrafast low-energy electron diffraction in transmission resolves polymer/graphene superstructure dynamics

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6193, 2014, Pages 200-204

  Gulde, Max ^a   Schweda, Simon ^a   Storeck, Gero ^a   Maiti, Manisankar ^a   Yu, Hak Ki ^b   Wodtke, Alec M ^a,b   Schaf̈er, Sascha ^a   Ropers, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; MICA; POLYMER;

CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON; EQUILIBRIUM; POLYMER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMTOSECOND LASER; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84904136076     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1250658     Document Type: Article

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