Morphology tuning in nontemplated solvothermal synthesis of titania nanoparticles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1189-1203

  Wang, Xin M ^a   Xiao, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; REACTION KINETICS;

MORPHOLOGY TUNING; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 33746562503     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0146     Document Type: Article

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