Polyhedral maghemite nanocrystals prepared by a flame synthetic method: Preparations, characterizations, and catalytic properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1775-1780

  Zhao, Nan ^a   Ma, Wei ^b   Cui, Zhimin ^a   Song, Weiguo ^a   Xu, Chuanlai ^a   Gao, Mingyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic properties; Flame synthesis; Morphology; Polyhedral maghemite nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; FLAME SYNTHESIS; MAGHEMITES; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; POLYHEDRAL MAGHEMITE NANOCRYSTALS; POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURES; SYNTHETIC METHODS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

FLAMMABILITY; IRON ORES; MORPHOLOGY;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 68649119841     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900364g     Document Type: Article

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