Interpretation of infrared and Raman spectra of amorphous carbon nitrides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Ferrari, A C ^a   Rodil, S E ^a,b   Robertson, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0038208253     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.155306     Document Type: Article

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