Role of oxygen admixture in stabilizing TiOx nanoparticle deposition from a gas aggregation source

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ahadi, Amir Mohammad ^a   Zaporojtchenko, Vladimir ^a   Peter, Tilo ^a   Polonskyi, Oleksandr ^a   Strunskus, Thomas ^a   Faupel, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol nucleation; Cluster deposition; Nanocluster; Reactive sputtering; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; INCLUSIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCLUSTERS; NUCLEATION; OXYGEN; REACTIVE SPUTTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILIZATION; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL NUCLEATION; CLUSTER DEPOSITION; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; GAS AGGREGATION CLUSTER SOURCES; NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN;

GASES;

NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DIRECT CURRENT; GAS FLOW; MASS SPECTROMETER; MICROWAVE OVEN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84888227069     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2125-0     Document Type: Article

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