Ligand-free Ni nanocluster formation at atmospheric pressure via rapid quenching in a microplasma process

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 38, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Ajay ^a   Kang, Seungkoo ^b   Larriba Andaluz, Carlos ^b   Ouyang, Hui ^b   Hogan, Christopher J ^b   Sankaran, R Mohan ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; atomic force microscopy; cluster; ion mobility measurement; microplasma; nanocluster; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HARTREE APPROXIMATION; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; LIGANDS; METAMATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PLASMA DEVICES;

CLUSTER; COLLISION CROSS SECTIONS; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; ION-MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; MICRO-PLASMAS; NANOCLUSTER FORMATION; NANOCLUSTER STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 84930654563     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/38/385601     Document Type: Article

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