Polyynes (C2nH2, n =2-5) and other products from laser-ablated graphite: A time-of-flight mass spectroscopic study in combination with one-photon ionization

Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-195

  Wakabayashi, Tomonari ^a   Kato, Yoshiyasu ^b   Momose, Takamasa ^b   Shida, Tadamasa ^c  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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