Dynamical transportation of Si particles produced by pulsed laser ablation in the mixture of two inert gases

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Wang, Y L ^a   Chu, L Z ^a   Li, Y L ^a   Fu, G S ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATED PARTICLES; AMBIENT GAS; ATOMIC MASS; ATOMIC RATIOS; AVERAGE SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; HARD-SPHERES; HIGH DENSITIES; PULSED-LASER ABLATIONS; SI NANOPARTICLES; SI PARTICLES; STABILISATION;

ATOMS; INERT GASES; LASER ABLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON;

DENSITY OF GASES;

ARGON; HELIUM; INERT GAS; NANOFILM; NANOPARTICLE; NEON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY; EXCIMER LASER; ION TRANSPORT; LASER; MIXED ATOMIC RATIO; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSCILLATING STABILIZATION TIME; PARAMETER; PULSED LASER ABLATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VAPOR;

EID: 63349100573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl:20080059     Document Type: Article

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