Kinetics of the growth of anthracene nanoparticles

Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 721-729

  Van Keuren, Edward ^a   Georgieva, Elena ^a   Durst, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic light scattering; Molecular crystal; Nanoparticle; Solvent shifting

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS;

BINARY SOLVENTS;

DISPERSIONS;

ANTHRACENE; BINARY MIXTURE; MIXING; NANOPARTICLE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT;

EID: 0142199409     PISSN: 01932691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DIS-120023819     Document Type: Article

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