Synthesis of nanoparticles in high temperature ceramic microreactors: Design, fabrication and testing

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-419

  Jain, Kartavya ^a   Wu, Carl ^a   Atre, Sundar V ^a   Jovanovic, Goran ^a   Narayanan, Vinod ^a   Kimura, Shoichi ^a   Sprenkle, Vincent ^b   Canfield, Nathan ^b   Roy, Sukumar ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BULK SYNTHESIS; CERAMIC NANOPARTICLES; CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MICRO REACTORS; MICRO-CHANNEL REACTORS; NANO PARTICLE SIZES; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; NOVEL CONCEPTS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; REACTION SYSTEMS; REACTIVE GAS;

APPLICATIONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DRUG PRODUCTS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; MICROCHANNELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 65449172857     PISSN: 1546542X     EISSN: 17447402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2008.02285.x     Document Type: Article

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