Growth of nitrogenated fullerene-like carbon on Ni islands by ion beam sputtering

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2678-2684

  Paredez, P ^a   Maia da Costa, M E H ^a   Zagonel, L F ^a   Ribeiro, C T M ^b   Alvarez, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; FIELD EMISSION; FULLERENES; ION BEAMS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH-VACUUM CHAMBER; MULTI-WALL GRAPHENES; NITROGEN DEPOSITED;

NICKEL;

EID: 35348852030     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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