Sticking efficiency of nanoparticles in high-velocity collisions with various target materials

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 693-703

  Reissaus, Philipp ^a   Waldemarsson, Tomas ^b,c   Blum, Jürgen ^d   Clément, Dominik ^e   Llamas, Isabel ^f   Mutschke, Harald ^f   Giovane, Frank ^g  

^a OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e Diehl BGT Defence GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Carbon; Laser ablation; Laser pyrolosis; Magic dust; Mesopheric dust; Meteoric smoke; Nanoparticles; NLC; Noctilucent clouds; PMSE; Polar mesopheric; Rocket; Sounding; Sticking efficiency; Summer echoes; TEM film; TEM grid

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLOUDS; DUST; LASER ABLATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SOUNDING ROCKETS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MESOPHERIC DUST; METEORIC SMOKE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; STICKING EFFICIENCY; SUMMER ECHOES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33751016816     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-006-9102-9     Document Type: Article

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