Carbon nanostructures production by gas-phase plasma processes at atmospheric pressure

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2361-2374

  Gonzalez Aguilar, J ^a   Moreno, M ^a   Fulcheri, L ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; GAS PHASE PLASMA PROCESSES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 34249041719     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/8/S16     Document Type: Article

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