Helium droplet assembled nanocluster films: Cluster formation and deposition rates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2358-2368

  Emery, Samuel B ^a   Rider, Keith B ^a,b   Little, Brian K ^a   Lindsay, C Michael ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ASSEMBLY; CLUSTER DEPOSITION; CLUSTER FORMATIONS; CLUSTER-BASED; CONDENSATION PROCESS; DOPANT INCORPORATION; HELIUM DROPLETS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; NANOCLUSTER FILMS; NOZZLE PRESSURE; SUPERFLUID HELIUM DROPLETS;

DEPOSITION RATES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DROPS; HELIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNESIUM; NANOCLUSTERS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

EID: 84873427130     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310295h     Document Type: Article

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