Experimental study and dissipative particle dynamics simulation of the formation and stabilization of gold nanoparticles in PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymer micelles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 5251-5256

  Chen, Shu ^a,b   Hu, Guo Hua ^c,d   Guo, Chen ^a,b   Liu, Hui Zhou ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Colloidal phenomena; Dissipative particle dynamics; Micelles; Nanoparticles; Polymers; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL PHENOMENA; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; MICELLES; POLYMERS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOPARTICLES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34547957803     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.072     Document Type: Article

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