Low-frequency Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy from graphite, diamond and diamond-like carbons, fullerenes and nanotubes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1824, 2004, Pages 2513-2535

  Beghi, M G ^a   Bottani, C E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Brillouin scattering; Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744284497     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1450     Document Type: Review

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