Synthesis of tungsten oxide nanostructures by laser pyrolysis

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-202

  Mwakikunga, Bonex Wakufwa ^a,b,c   Forbes, Andrew ^b,d   Sideras Haddad, Elias ^a   Erasmus, Rudolph Marthinus ^a   Katumba, Gift ^b,e   Masina, Bathusile ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

laser beam propagation; laser pyrolysis; multiphoton dissociation; nano rods; WO3

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649144468     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2008.020895     Document Type: Article

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