Controlling the morphology of resorcinol-formaldehyde-based carbon xerogels by sol concentration, shearing, and surfactants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 8030-8036

  Sharma, Chandra S ^a   Upadhyay, Devendra K ^a   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BIOMEMS; CARBON MICROSPHERES; CARBON XEROGELS; CARBON-BASED; DILUTION RATIO; FRACTALLIKE STRUCTURES; HYDROPHILIC-LIPOPHILIC BALANCE; INVERSE EMULSIFICATION; INVERSE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICRO-PARTICLES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; NON-POROUS CARBON; OPEN ARCHITECTURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; RESORCINOL FORMALDEHYDES; SOL CONCENTRATION; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS; ULTRA-SONICATION; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BIOSENSORS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSPHERES; MORPHOLOGY; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PHENOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); XEROGELS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 69949184935     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900359w     Document Type: Article

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