Depth-profiled positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy on porous films

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 154-161

  Peng, Hua Gen ^a   Vallery, Richard S ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Skalsey, Mark ^a   Gidley, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Low k dielectrics; Mesopore; Micropore; Pore size distribution; Positron annihilation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROPOROSITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PORE SIZE;

FILM PERCOLATION; LOW-K DIELECTRICS; POROUS FILMS; POSITRON BEAM ENERGY;

POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRON; FILM; POSITRON; POSITRONIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34147121648     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.10.072     Document Type: Article

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