Effect of ambipolar fluxes on nanoparticle charging in low-pressure glow discharges

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Ostrikov, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL; DEFECT STRUCTURES; SPLAY; SUSPENDED FILMS;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; IONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 41349089496     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026405     Document Type: Article

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