Thermal annealing and hydrogen exposure effects on cluster-assembled nanostructured carbon films embedded with transition metal nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354131-3541312

  Agostino, R G ^a   Caruso, T ^a   Chiarello, G ^a   Cupolillo, A ^a   Pacile D ^a   Filosa, R ^a   Formoso, V ^a   Colavita, E ^a   Papagno, L ^a   Ducati, C ^b   Barborini, E ^c   Lenardi, C ^c   Bongiorno, G ^c   Piseri, P ^c   Milani, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DRY DEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY; FILM; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANNEALING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942513843     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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