Polyyne synthesis and amorphous carbon nano-particle formation by femtosecond irradiation of benzene

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 625-630

  Wesolowski, M J ^a   Kuzmin, S ^a   Moores, B ^a   Wales, B ^a   Karimi, R ^a   Zaidi, A A ^a   Leonenko, Z ^a   Sanderson, J H ^a   Duley, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; CARBON NANO PARTICLES; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; FEMTOSECOND IRRADIATION; FS PULSE; LIQUID BENZENE; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; POLYYNES; PRECURSOR MOLECULES; RING OPENING REACTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BENZENE; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 78650015866     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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