Nanoreactors for nanostructured materials

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Khomane, Ramdas B ^a   Kulkarni, Bhaskar D ^a  

^a National Chemical Laboratory

Author keywords

Nanoreactors; Nanostructured materials; Organized self assemblies

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICELLES; NANOREACTORS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ANALYSIS/DESIGN; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANIZED SELF-ASSEMBLIES; POLYELECTROLYTE CAPSULES; PROPERTY; REVERSEMICELLE; SELF-ASSEMBLING PROCESS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 48949091671     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1615     Document Type: Article

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