Gas and pressure dependence for the mean size of nanoparticles produced by laser ablation of flowing aerosols

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Nichols, William T ^a   Malyavanatham, Gokul ^b   Henneke, Dale E ^b   Brock, James R ^b   Becker, Michael F ^a,b   Keto, John W ^a,b   Glicksman, Howard D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol processing; Laser ablation; Nanoparticle synthesis; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034557793     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010014004508     Document Type: Article

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