Submerged liquid plasma for the synthesis of unconventional nitrogen polymers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Senthilnathan, Jaganathan ^a   Weng, Chih Chiang ^a   Liao, Jiunn Der ^a   Yoshimura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PLASMA GAS; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASMA GAS; SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE;

MATERIALS TESTING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLASMA GASES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84882605512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02414     Document Type: Article

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