Characterization of nanomaterials by physical methods

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 435-462

  Rao, C N R ^a,b   Biswas, Kanishka ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Electron microscopy; Nanocrystals; Nanotubes; Nanowires; Scanning probe microscopies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349759767     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-060908-155236     Document Type: Article

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