Preparation of size controlled nanometric spheres of colloidal silica for synthetic opal manufacture

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 509, Issue , 2006, Pages 187-192

  Escobedo, C A Cortés ^a,b   Munoz Saldana J ^a   Vigueras, D Jaramillo ^b   Beltrán, F J Espinoza ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Monodisperse spheres; Opals; Silica; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; COLLOIDAL SILICA; MONODISPERSE SPHERES; NANOMETRIC SPHERES;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 35848938006     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-993-8.187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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