Non-contact nanoparticle removal with laser induced plasma pulses

Nanotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-440

  Cetinkaya, Cetin ^a   Peri, M D Murthy ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYOGENICS; IRRADIATION; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

PLASMA PULSES; THRESHOLD; WAVELENGTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 2642520434     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/15/5/006     Document Type: Article

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