Nanocluster nucleation, growth, and then agglomeration kinetic and mechanistic studies: A more general, four-step mechanism involving double autocatalysis

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4925-4938

  Besson, Claire ^a,b   Finney, Eric E ^a   Finke, Richard G ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION KINETICS; AUTOCATALYSIS; NANOCLUSTER NUCLEATION; SURFACE GROWTH;

AGGLOMERATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METALLIC FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEATION; ORGANOMETALLICS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 26944471176     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm050207x     Document Type: Article

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