Simple model of bulk and surface excitation effects to inelastic scattering in low-energy electron beam irradiation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kyriakou, Ioanna ^a   Emfietzoglou, Dimitris ^a   Garcia Molina, Rafael ^b   Abril, Isabel ^c   Kostarelos, Kostas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INELASTIC SCATTERING; IRRADIATION; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

DIELECTRIC RESPONSE FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION SPECTRA; INELASTIC MEAN FREE PATH; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80052930534     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3626460     Document Type: Article

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