Laser-induced reductive sintering of nickel oxide nanoparticles under ambient conditions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6363-6372

  Paeng, Dongwoo ^a   Lee, Daeho ^b   Yeo, Junyeob ^a   Yoo, Jae Hyuck ^a   Allen, Frances I ^c,d   Kim, Eunpa ^a   So, Hongyun ^a   Park, Hee K ^e   Minor, Andrew M ^c,d   Grigoropoulos, Costas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^e Laser Prismatics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; IRRADIATION; LASER EXCITATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; SINTERING;

CONDUCTING MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE DECOMPOSITION; LASER POWER DENSITY; NICKEL OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL OXIDES (NIO); TRANSIENT EVOLUTION;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84925261348     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512776p     Document Type: Article

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