Chemical composition and bond structure of aerosol particles of amorphous hydrogenated silicon forming from thermal decomposition of silane

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1425-1441

  Onischuk, A A ^a   Strunin, V P ^a   Samoilova, R I ^a   Nosov, A V ^b   Ushakova, M A ^a   Panfilov, V N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^b BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGENATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PYROLYSIS; SILANES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOND STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; INTERCONNECTED MICROCHANNEL; MICROVOID;

AEROSOLS;

HYDROGEN; SILANE; SILICON;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031460607     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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