Possible role played by the fullerene-like structures of interstellar carbon dust in the formation of molecular hydrogen in space

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-331

  Cataldo, Franco ^a  

^a Soc Lupi Chem Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic; Carbon black; Fullerene like structures; Graphite; Hydrogen; Molecular; Radiative association; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; DUST; FULLERENES; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPACE RESEARCH; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

FULLERENE-LIKE STRUCTURES; INTERSTELLAR CARBON DUST; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN;

CARBON BLACK;

EID: 0348146142     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-120025853     Document Type: Article

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