Mixed aromatic-aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7371, 2011, Pages 80-83

  Kwok, Sun ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CIRRUS; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; INFRARED RADIATION; METEORITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PAH; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80455130958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10542     Document Type: Article

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