Nanostructured Nd:YAG powders via gel combustion: The influence of citrate-to-nitrate ratio

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-149

  Li, Jiang ^a,b   Pan, Yubai ^a   Qiu, Fagui ^a,b   Wu, Yusong ^a,b   Guo, Jingkun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Citrate to nitrate ratio; Gel combustion synthesis; Nanostructured Nd:YAG

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; GARNETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITRATES; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CITRATE-TO-NITRATE RATIO; GEL COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; OXIDIZERS;

POWDERS;

EID: 35449006622     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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