Nanoscience under glass: The versatile chemistry of silica nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-183

  Halas, Naomi J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; GLASS; MICROGRAVITY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICA;

BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOSCIENCE;

GLASS; NANOMATERIAL; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCIENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCIENCE; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 42549138918     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800052e     Document Type: Article

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