Structural studies of silica- and alumina-pinned nanocrystalline SnO 2

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1836-1843

  O'Dell, L A ^a   Savin, S L P ^b   Chadwick, A V ^b   Smith, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REFLECTION; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

CRYSTALLITE SURFACES; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; SURFACE REGION;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23444454794     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/9/070     Document Type: Review

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