Polyynes and Other Products from Laser-Ablated Graphite: A Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopic Study in Combination with One-Photon Ionization - Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications - page 189

C 10 are yet to be studied, the result presented in this work clearly shows the
remarkable stability of the two types of neutral products from the laser
ablated graphite in the hydrogen buffer gas.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by Grants in Aid from the Ministry of Education,
Sports, Culture, Science and Technology of Japan, and by a project in
CREST of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
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