Energy efficiency in nanoscale synthesis using nanosecond plasmas

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pai, David Z ^a,b,e   Ostrikov, Kostya Ken ^c,d   Kumar, Shailesh ^c,d   Lacoste, Deanna A ^b   Levchenko, Igor ^c,d   Laux, Christophe O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

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EID: 84873622540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01221     Document Type: Article

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