A scalable turbulent mixing aerosol reactor for oxide-coated silicon nanoparticles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6332-6341

  Holunga, Dean M ^a   Flagan, Richard C ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYSIS; GAS JETS; OXIDE-COATED SILICON NANOPARTICLES; TURBULENT FLOW AEROSOL REACTOR;

AEROSOLS; COALESCENCE; COATINGS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

NANOPARTICLE;

EID: 23944441694     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0491721     Document Type: Article

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