C60 and giant fullerenes in soot condensed in vapors with variable C/H2 ratio

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 659-680

  Rietmeijer, Frans J M ^a   Rotundi, Alessandra ^b   Heymann, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C60; Circumstellar dust; Giant fullerenes; HPLC mass spectrometer; Soot; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COALESCENCE; CONDENSATION; DUST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

C60; CIRCUMSTELLAR DUST; GIANT FULLERENES; HPLC MASS SPECTROMETER;

FULLERENES;

EID: 5444234476     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-200026954     Document Type: Article

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