Probing the dynamics of nanoparticle growth in a flame using synchrotron radiation

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 370-374

  Beaucage, Gregory ^a   Kammler, Hendrik K ^b   Mueller, Roger ^b   Strobel, Reto ^b   Agashe, Nikhil ^a   Pratsinis, Sotiris E ^b   Narayanan, Theyencheri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GAS ADSORPTION; GYRATORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANOMETER SCALES; NANOPARTICLES; X-RAY BEAMS;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

EID: 2942631363     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1135     Document Type: Article

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