Pulsed laser deposition of metal films and nanoparticles in vacuum using subnanosecond laser pulses

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1205-1210

  Ganeev, R A ^a,b   Chakravarty, U ^a   Naik, P A ^a   Srivastava, H ^a   Mukherjee, C ^a   Tiwari, M K ^a   Nandedkar, R V ^a   Gupta, P D ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LASER PULSES; NANOPARTICLES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 34047168356     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001205     Document Type: Article

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