Atomic Cluster Generation with an Atmospheric Pressure Spark Discharge Generator

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 886-894

  Maisser, A ^a   Barmpounis, K ^a   Attoui, M B ^b   Biskos, G ^a,c,d   Schmidt Ott, A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMS; ETCHING; OXYGEN;

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; CLUSTER MOBILITY; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; MAGIC-NUMBER CLUSTERS; SILVER CLUSTER; SPARK DISCHARGE; STABLE CLUSTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

HELIUM; OXYGEN; SILVER;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC CLUSTER GENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; FLOW RATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARK DISCHARGE GENERATION;

EID: 84943184841     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1080812     Document Type: Article

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