Influence of electron concentration and temperature on fullerene formation in a carbon plasma

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Churilov, G N ^a   Fedorov, A S ^a   Novikov, P V ^a  

^a KIRENSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

A. Carbon clusters, fullerene; B. Arc discharge; C. Computational chemistry, modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IONIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRON CONCENTRATION;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0037214249     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00276-2     Document Type: Article

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