Deposition of size-selected metal clusters generated by magnetron sputtering and gas condensation: A progress review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1814, 2004, Pages 117-124

  Xirouchaki, C ^a   Palmer, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters; Gas condensation; Graphite; Mass selection; Sputtering; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346801824     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1306     Document Type: Review

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