Study of agglomeration of alumina nanoparticles by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS)

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Viguié, Jean Romain ^a   Sukmanowski, Joachim ^b   Nölting, Bengt ^c   Royer, François Xavier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d IUT de Thionville Yutz   (France)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Dynamic light scattering; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COPOLYMERS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; DISPERSANTS; HEPTAN; HYDROPHILIC SOLVENTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; COPOLYMER; HEPTANE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISPERSION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 34248333746     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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