IR laser-induced metal ablation and dielectric breakdown in benzene

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Santos, M ^a   Diaz L ^a   Camacho, J J ^b   Urbanova M ^c   Pokorna D ^c   Subrt J ^d   Bakardjieva, S ^d   Bastl, Z ^e   Pola, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benzene decomposition; IR laser induced metal plasma; Metal ablation; Metal assisted carbonization; Nanosized carbon

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DECOMPOSITION; IR LASERS; METAL ABLATION; METAL PLASMA; NANO-SIZED; NANOSIZED CARBON;

ABLATION; BENZENE; CARBONIZATION; COKE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

METALS;

EID: 71349088667     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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