Imaging and characterization of aerosol deposited TNT nanoparticles: A near field optical microscopy study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5415, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 468-473

  Gomez, Lewis M ^a   Santana, Alberto ^b   Hernández, Samuel P ^a   Castro, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIVES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IMAGING CHARACTERIZATION; LANDMINES; SURFACE CONTAMINATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 10044256748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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