Optical emission study of RF thermal plasma during fullerene synthesis

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-226

  Markovic Z ^a   Todorovic Markovic B ^a   Mohai, I ^b   Karoly Z ^b   Szepvolgyi J ^b   Farkas, Z ^c   Nikolic, Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^c Veszprém University   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fullerene; Plasma reactions; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FULLERENES; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MONOCHROMATORS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA THEORY; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

MOLECULAR PLASMAS; PLASMA REACTIONS; PLASMA REACTORS; PLASMA TREATMENT;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 23144465886     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-200056236     Document Type: Article

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