Facile synthesis of vesicle templated hollow germania nanospheres

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1096-1112

  Henricus, Marsiyana M ^a   Banerjee, Ipsita A ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germania; Lipids; Nanospheres; Surfaces; Template; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACES;

FACILE SYNTHESIS; GERMANIA; HOLLOW NANOSPHERES; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; OPTICAL NANOSENSORS; TEMPLATE; VESICLES; ZETA POTENTIAL ANALYSIS;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 70349551575     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2009.028466     Document Type: Article

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