Carbon nanofibers synthesized by glow-arc high-frequency discharge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 III, 2007, Pages 460-466

  Pacheco Sotelo, Joel O ^a,b   Pacheco Pacheco, Marquidia ^a   Valdivia Barrientos, Ricardo ^b   Jimenez Lopez, María de Lourdes ^b   Ramos Flores, José Fidel ^a   Torres, Carlos Eduardo ^b   Tapia Fabela, Jose Luis ^b   Cruz Azocar, Aurelio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE TOLUCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs); Glow arc discharge; Modular plasma reactor; Resonant converter

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GAS MIXTURES; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

GLOW-ARC DISCHARGE; MODULAR PLASMA REACTOR; POWER DENSITY; RESONANT CONVERTER;

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 34247227435     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.891621     Document Type: Article

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