Plasmon features in electron energy loss spectra from carbon materials

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1410-1418

  Calliari, L ^a   Fanchenko, S ^b   Filippi, M ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIAMONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTRA; ELECTRON POLARIZATION; INTERBAND TRANSITIONS; PLASMON ENERGY; PLASMON EXCITATION;

PLASMONS;

EID: 34249652884     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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