Luminescence, vibrational and XANES studies of AlN nanomaterials

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 708-711

  Bellucci, S ^a   Popov, A I ^b,c   Balasubramanian, C ^a,d   Cinque, G ^a   Marcelli, A ^a   Karbovnyk, I ^e   Savchyn, V ^e   Krutyak, N ^e  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Aluminium nitride; Cathodoluminescence; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINIUM NITRIDE POWDERS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34548294795     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.072     Document Type: Article

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