Vacuum-arc-generated macroparticles in the nanometer range

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1030-1033

  Monteiro, Othon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATHODES; DEPOSITION; GOLD; METALLIC FILMS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SOURCES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM;

MACROPARTICLE; MAGNETIC FILTERING; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; VACUUM ARC DEPOSITION;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0033321690     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.782276     Document Type: Article

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